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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga gave it everything against Roger Federer © Getty Images

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Watch the ball, boy
With Andy Murray a set to the good against Feliciano Lopez, the Spaniard was desperately trying to find a way back into the match. A Murray return was called long, and a ball boy began his dash across the net, but he was not prepared for a Lopez forehand, which fizzed past his ear. Tim Henman, who famously smacked a ball girl in the head with a ball during a fit of rage at SW19, quipped, "I was much more accurate".

Lovely lob
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga pulled off an unlikely comeback to beat Roger Federer, but such a result looked unlikely as Federer strolled through the opening set. Tsonga was not playing badly, but Federer seemed to have an answer for everything. With Tsonga spraying the ball from corner to corner in a bid to find a winner, Federer appeared to glide across the court reaching each return with poise. After luring Tsonga into the net, the Swiss popped an inch-perfect lob over the top of Tsonga's head, which landed smack on the baseline.

Face in the grass
While Federer remains a popular champion at the All England Club, Tsonga's brand of gung-ho tennis makes him an exciting player to watch. While the Frenchman may lack the poise and grace of Federer, he makes up for it with passion and guts by the bucket load. With a mountain to climb after dropping the opening set against Federer, Tsonga dived full length to his right to reach what looked to be a certain winner from Federer, but he was helpless to stop a passing shot to his left as he ended up flat on his face on the turf.

Throwing it away
Tsonga's victory was the first time Federer had ever thrown away a two-set advantage at a grand slam. You have to go back to 2003 - the Davis Cup semi-final between Australia and Switzerland for the only time Federer has ever been defeated after winning two sets. On that day a fiercely partisan Melbourne crowd played its part as Lleyton Hewitt produced a remarkable comeback to win 5-7 2-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 6-1 - having come within two points of defeat.

A little bit of luck
Having already squandered two set points in the second set against Novak Djokovic, Bernard Tomic appeared to mishit a forehand return, only to see it loop up and land on the baseline. Djokovic challenged the call, but Hawkeye deemed the shot was good as Tomic took the set to level. Game on.

Speed Merchant
Trailing by a set but leading 4-2 and 40-15 in the second, Bernard Tomic drew gasps from the crowd after winning a tremendous point, which saw him go 5-2 in front. Tomic played a delicate drop-shot, only to watch Novak Djokovic pick it up and play one of his own to the opposite side of the court. Tomic, routed to the baseline, put pedal to metal and hunted down Djokovic's cheeky dink, sending the Serb the wrong way and finishing on one knee. Take your eyes off this kid at your peril.

No rest for the wicked
Sabine Lisicki is Germany's first semi-finalist since Steffi Graf, but rather than take a well-earned rest ahead of her clash against Maria Sharapova, Lisicki was back out on court with doubles partner Sam Stosur. The pair beat Sorana Cirstea and Ayumi Morita 6-4 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the ladies doubles.

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