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After a dramatic fourth round that saw Andy Murray cling on to his championship hopes by the very narrowest of margins in a five set epic against Stanislas Wawrinka, there are now just eight men left in contention for the Wimbledon crown.

Layers were obviously unimpressed by Murray’s poor performance against the Swiss number 2 and have pushed him out from 15/8 to 11/4 for the tournament, with 3/1 available on Betfair. The bookmakers will be hit hard if Murray does turn on his form and win in the final, however, he has plenty to do before he can even begin to think about winning silverware.

Murray’s first challenge comes today against Ferrero, who he convincingly beat 6-2 6-4 in in last months Queen’s Club Championship. At 1-10 favourite bookmakers have priced the Scot as a banker to win on centre court today and on recent form, it seems that Murray will have a far easier time today than he had against Wawrinka on Monday.

Elsewhere in the quarter final draw, Lleyton Hewitt takes on Andy Roddick, which will see two veteran grass players fight it out in what should be an epic match. Hewitt is the 2/1 outsider in the match up and could hold some value, he won Wimbledon in 2002 and has been in impressive form this tournament, beating world no. 5 Del Potro in straight sets during the second round.

On the other side of the draw, Tommy Haas, at 31 years of age, takes on Djokovic, whom he beat in straight sets in the final of a warm up tournament in Halle. Therefore the odds of 21-10 with Skybet on Haas might be good value, who has certainly seen off some tough opposition this Wimbledon in the form of Marin Cilic and Igor Andreev. Meanwhile, Federer’s match up with Ivo Karlovic should be a formality for the Swiss. Karlovic seems to be a one trick pony with his impressive serving, however, Federer has the experience to deal with the serve and should dominate any resulting tie breaks.