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Andy Murray toyed with the emotions of his adoring public during nearly four hours of Centre Court action but the Betfair layers were convinced of his supremacy - he never went above [1.6] to win the match against Stanislas Warwinka.

The world no.3 took five sets to get past his Swiss opponent in a pulsating encounter played under the showpiece court's new roof which finished at 10.38pm.

A pre-match [1.07] chance, Murray drifted to [1.6] in the second set after losing the first 6-2, with Wawrinka trading at a low of [2.68].

The great British hope won the next two sets and traded at [1.03] to win when holding break points in fourth set, with Wawrinka drifting to [29.0]

But just when it looked as though a fourth set tie break was coming, the world no.19 broke service to lead 6-5 in the fourth set, and served to level the match. With both players holding two sets apiece, Murray was a [1.36] shot to make it through with Wawrinka available at [3.75].

It all seemed set for Murray after he broke to take a 3-0 lead in the final set with Betfair punters willing to back him at [1.07].

But as seems standard for a Brit favourite at Wimbledon Murray found a way to falter, with his opponent levelling the scores at 3-3, and the crowd favourite drifted out to [1.54].

Yet where others may have crumbled, the Scotsman stayed firm, winning the next three games to seal his quarter-final place against Juan-Carlos Ferrero.