British bids in numbers

A look in numbers at how the British quartet fared on day five of the championships.

2 – Two in, two out. Andy Murray and Johanna Konta march on to the second week. It was not to be for Heather Watson and Aljaz Bedene. their most recent meeting in Rome in May and had lost half of their previous six matches.

Fognini was the third unpredictable opponent in a row for the world No 1 after Alexander Bublik and Dustin Brown.

But, with Fognini, it is less about his shots than the casual manner with which he struts round the court and his propensity to fluctuate wildly in form and focus.

The first set was a case in point, with Fognini dialled in for the first four games only for Murray to run away with it.

Fognini served consecutive double faults in the final game but then regrouped at the start of the second set and became the first player to break the Murray serve all tournament.

But the 28th seed then dropped serve himself, reacting by angrily slamming his racket to the turf, earning himself a code violation.

He broke again, though, in the next game and this time held on to his advantage to level at a set all.

Fognini needed a medical time-out to have his right foot taped and the third set quickly went Murray’s way but Fognini threatened the Murray serve in the fourth game.

He was docked a point to lose the game for an obscene gesture but responded by breaking Murray next time to lead 4-2.

Fognini looked set to clinch it at 5-3 but Murray saved five set points as he battled his way back and clinched victory with his 14th ace after two hours and 39 minutes.

Murray was left to fly the flag for Britain in the second week of the men’s singles again as Aljaz Bedene was beaten by Gilles Muller.

The veteran 16th seed won through 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 6-4 on Court Two.