Andy Murray in Queen's quarters

Updated on: 10 June,2011 08:01 AM IST |
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World No 4 Andy Murray ignored the pain of his ankle injury to reach the quarter-finals at Queen's with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) win over Serbian 14th seed Janko Tipsarevic yesterday

World No 4 Andy Murray ignored the pain of his ankle injury to reach the quarter-finals at Queen's with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) win over Serbian 14th seed Janko Tipsarevic yesterday.

Britain's Andy Murray plays a diving shot during yesterday's AEGON
Championships' Round-of-16 match against Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic in
London. Murray won 6-4, 7-6 (7/3). PIC/AFP

After edging past Xavier Malisse in the second round, Murray spent much of his post-match press conference delivering a prolonged assessment of the risks of playing with the ankle problem that has plagued him since the French Open. The 24-year-old, once again wearing a brace on his troublesome right ankle and moving cautiously at times, did a reasonable job of disguising the pain as he secured a last eight match against Marin Cilic or Thomaz Bellucci.

Elsewhere, in the third round of the Wimbledon warm-up, Andy Roddick remained in the hunt for a record fifth Queen's crown with a 6-4, 6-4 win over South Africa's Kevin Anderson.

Earlier, Rafael Nadal kicked off his grass-court campaign with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Australian qualifier Matthew Ebdenu00a0 on Wednesday.

Lee-Hesh progress
Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes beat Scotland's Colin Fleming and Britain's Ross Dan Hutchins 4-6, 6-1, 13-15 to enter the doubles quarter-finals, where the meet sixth-seeds Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman.