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Good afternoon! It's Andy Murray time on Centre Court on second Monday. The defending Wimbledon champion has breezed through the first week here, but what will the second have in store? Well Kevin Anderson, to begin with. Right here you'll be able to enjoy LIVE coverage as these two battle it out for a place in the quarters.

A. Murray vs K. Anderson | Wimbledon
Men's Singles | Round 4 | 30.06.2014 | London
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Updated 30/06/2014 at 18:03 GMT


Another great win for Murray, who is yet to drop a set. He was slow to get going again after play was interrupted to close the roof, but luckily already had a two-break cushion in the second set. Anderson was much improved with the roof shut and took Murray all the way in the third set. The tie-break itself was also tight, but Murray dug in and prevailed in the end and his impressive progress through this tournament shows no sign of abating.
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GAME SET AND MATCH ANDY MURRAY! He wins the tie-break 8-6, piling the pressure on Anderson at 6-7 and match point before polishing it off with a searing crosscourt backhand winner. He's absolutely delighted with that, jumping for joy in the middle of the court and lapping up the adulation of the crowd on Centre.
MURRAY 6-6 (6-6) ANDERSON. Murray is sloppy and dumps it in the net. Anderson wins his next service point with an ace. Pressure on Murray now - he's set point down at 5-6. It's a good serve and Anderson shanks the return!
MURRAY 6-6 (5-4) ANDERSON. Murray deals with a fast body serve, adjusting to put a forehand return on the line before Anderson misses wide. Minibreak. Murray serving now and he draws Anderson to the net before picking him off with another crosscourt forehand pass. Anderson goes after the next return and it is too powerful for Murray. Minibroken back.
MURRAY 6-6 (3-3) ANDERSON. Anderson gets the minibreak straight back, pegging Murray back behind the baseline. He spanks a brilliant deep return but Murray picks it up on the half-volley and on the swivel - simply outrageous! That point goes Murray's way but Anderson finds a big serve to win the next one.
MURRAY 6-6 (2-1) ANDERSON. Murray gets the tie-break underway and picks up a cheap point thanks to a thunderous serve. Anderson then goes and does the same thing. The South African is on the attack again but Murray finds another outragous passing shot on the back foot! Minibreak Murray.
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MURRAY 6-4 6-3 6-6 ANDERSON. Anderson plays a couple of brilliant points, spanking a series of forehands into Murray's backhand corner. He comes to the net on the next point and is successful again (49 times now he has approached the net). 40-15 now and he closes it out - we're heading for a breaker!
MURRAY 6-4 6-3 6-5 ANDERSON. Brilliant serving from Murray and it's a comfortable hold. What Anderson would give for one of those. The South African slips at 0-30 but seems to be ok. He spanks a backhand winner then spanks another one into the net and he'll have to come out once again and serve to stay in it - to take this third set to a breaker.
MURRAY 6-4 6-3 5-5 ANDERSON. Murray lets out a roar of frustration as his opponent peppers the baseline but he does the same thing to Anderson on the next point. 15-15 and Anderson comes in, only to put his volley into the net. Murray goes for another audacious crosscourt pass but narrowly misses and Anderson manages to close the next point out from the net. The South African gets over the line and lets out a roar of his own.
MURRAY 6-4 6-3 5-4 ANDERSON. Murray puts to one side his frustration at not taking his chances in the previous game, quickly going 40-15 up. He hits a double fault - his second of the match - but Anderson then goes wide on his return and the big man will have to come out and serve to stay in the match.
MURRAY 6-4 6-3 4-4 ANDERSON. Anderson chips and charges again at 15-15 and tucks away the ensuing volley. Murray bats away a fierce body serve and sees it fly over for a winner. That was special but what happens next is even more so. Anderson has a short ball, Murray goes left and guesses correctly, managing a flick of the wrists that sends a crosscourt passing shot dipping over the net - too low for Anderson. It's break point at 30-40 but Murray is wasteful - he can't believe it. Another three come and go and this is a tight game now. And a hugely important one. Anderson is clinging on for dear life. He has to face a 5th break point but forces the issue and Murray's lob sails long. From deuce, he finds two big serves and eventually, somehow, escapes unscathed.
MURRAY 6-4 6-3 4-3 ANDERSON. Murray kicks off his service game with an inch-perfect drive volley. Anderson responds with a monstruous forehand winner down the line then Murray throws in his first double fault of the match. Anderson goes long on his return and long again on a crucial forehand at 30-30. Murray seals his hold with an ace down the T that is always swerving away from his opponent's reach.
MURRAY 6-4 6-3 3-3 ANDERSON. What a shot! Murray plays an extraordinary drop shot at 15-0 that once again showcases his supreme touch. He plays the shot from the baseline on his backhand but such is the spin, the ball drops just over the net and kicks off to the left and outside of the doubles tramlines. He comes up with an equally brilliant passing shot to make it 30-30 but he tries another one at 40-30 and goes narrowly long. Anderson keeps us on serve.
MURRAY 6-4 6-3 3-2 ANDERSON. Anderson gets the better of Murray in an early rally that has both players at the net. Murray's defence is awesome at 30-15 and he manages find an unlikely crosscourt passing shot off the forehand wing. He then thumps down an unreturnable serve to move ahead once again in this third set.
MURRAY 6-4 6-3 2-2 ANDERSON. The South African sends down his sixth ace of the match to bring up 40-0. Murray gets a point back, reaching a high backhand volley, but then nets a routine inside out forehand. He always looks thoroughly disgusted with himself when he makes an unforced error.
MURRAY 6-4 6-3 2-1 ANDERSON. Murray is focus now. He goes down 15-30 but finds a couple of huge serves to turn the game back in his favour. Cue clenched fist and snarl of determination. He smashes away an overhead to seal the game.
MURRAY 6-4 6-3 1-1 ANDERSON. Not that Anderson is going to roll over. The South African produces a love service game of his own to send the message that this is no forgone conclusion.
MURRAY 6-4 6-3 1-0 ANDERSON. Murray is well and truly in the driving seat now. He's ridden out that mini storm and with a two sets lead is well in control. It's an authoritative start to the third set - a love service game. Difficult to see him slipping up from here.
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MURRAY 6-4 6-3 ANDERSON. After an encouraging few games since the restart, Anderson finds himself serving to stay in the set. He starts well, moving to 30-0, but it's disaster from there. He doesn't win another point in the game and misses a volley at 30-40 to gift Murray the set and remove the sting from what looked like a possible fightback.
MURRAY 6-4 5-3 ANDERSON. The new balls clearly haven't started fluffing up yet. Murray uses the extra fizz to move to 40-0 but then slices a sloppy backhand long. At 40-15 he closes out the game with a serve out wide and a forehand into the open court. Classic.