Murray eases through

Murray produced his best performance of the tournament in front of the Royal couple on Court One at Wimbledon.

The Scot raced to a first set win in just over half an hour before Spaniard Almagro suffered a recurrence of a shoulder injury and crumbled in the second to leave Murray with a superb 6-4 6-1 win.

The British No 1 will play Novak Djokovic in the last four, the Serb having eased past France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1 7-5.

The only disappointing aspect of the Scot’s victory was the fact that around 700 empty seats were visible halfway through the first set while Murray Mound was packed outside.

Roger Federer has warned his rivals that he is at the peak of his powers after negotiating his way past American John Isner to move within one victory of the Olympic final.

The Wimbledon champion put on a clinical display to defeat 10th seed Isner 6-4 7-6 (7/5) and set up a semi-final meeting with Juan Martin del Potro, who defeated Japan’s Kei Nishikori in straight sets.

Murray completed a satisfactory day’s work when he and partner Laura Robson beat Czech pair Radek Stepanek and Lucie Hradecka yesterday evening in the mixed doubles.