Andy Murray celebrates his four-set victory over home favourite Richard Gasquet, earning the Scot a place in the semi-finals ©Getty Images

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Awaiting Murray in the last four is Swiss defending champion Stan Wawrinka, who beat Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 ©Getty Images

Top seed and world number one Novak Djokovic made it through to the quarter-finals after completing victory over Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut ©Getty Images

Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych stands between Djokovic and a place in the semi-finals after overcoming Spain's David Ferrer in straight sets ©Getty Images

Austria’s Dominic Thiem is through to his first Grand Slam quarter-final following a 6-2, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Spain’s Marcel Granollers ©Getty Images

Women's top seed Serena Williams made it through to the quarter-finals after comfortably defeating Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-1, 6-1 in their rain-delayed fourth-round match ©Getty Images

Spanish 12th seed Carla Suárez Navarro suffered a shock defeat against unseeded Kazakh Yulia Putintseva to miss out on the chance of facing Williams in the last eight ©Getty Images

There was also disappointment for Williams' elder sister Venus, who lost to Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky for the first time in her career ©Getty Images

The Netherlands' Kiki Bertens, who defeated American Madison Keys 7-6, 6-3, will be looking to deny Bacsinszky a second consecutive semi-final ©Getty Images

Keys was unable to prevent Bertens from reaching her first Grand Slam quarter-final ©Getty Images