Wimbledon - Day Nine

Wednesday 2 July 2014 20:14, UK

Image: Simona Halep was first up on centre court as she took on Sabine Lisicki.
Image: Lisicki is a grass-court specialist and was last year-s beaten finalists.
Image: But Halep overcame a tricky start and triumphed 6-4 6-0
Image: Eugenie Bouchard set up a semi-final showdown with Halep
Image: She was up against Angelique Kerber who had beaten Maria Sharapova in the previous round
Image: Canadian Bouchard, 20, won 6-3 6-4 in 72 minutes
Image: The Wimbledon hill was packed as fans waited for Andy Murray.
Image: Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge was in the royal box ...
Image: while Murray's partner Kim Sears took up her usual seat at centre court.
Image: Murray was up against Grigor Dimitrov with a semi-final place at stake
Image: It was a very bad start for Murray as Dimitrov won the first set 6-1
Image: Murray put up much more of a fight in the second set
Image: But it was Dimitrov who went two sets to nil up on a tie-break
Image: There was no stopping the Bulgarian as he took the victory by winning the third set 6-2
Image: Murray waved goodbye to the Centre Court crowd
Image: Novak Djokovic was hoping to avoid the same fate against Marin Cilic
Image: But his fired up opponent goes 2-1 up in sets to threaten an upset
Image: Djokovic showed his fighting spirit to bounce back and claim a five-set victory
Image: Roger Federer fought back from one set down against Stan Wawrinka
Image: His opponent wasn't helped by an injury
Image: Federer will next meet Milos Raonic, who beat Nick Kyrgios in four sets