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Ian Chadband

Aussies Thompson, Hijikata into Queen's Club quarters

Jordan Thompson has made it into the quarter-finals of the Queen's Club Championships but could take no pleasure from defeating home hero Andy Murray for the second time on one of the Briton's grasscourt strongholds.

Thompson last beat Murray on the beautiful Queen's courts back in 2017 when the Scot was Wimbledon champion and world No.1. To this day, it remains the 30-year-old Australian battler's finest win.

But Wednesday's triumph was a very different affair. Instead of beating a man at the top of his game, Thompson this time saw off a limping, ailing 37-year-old Murray, who called it off after just five games, handing Thompson a 4-1 walkover after just 20 sad-to-behold minutes.

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