Andy Murray signalled his intent for a summer of grass court dominance by easing assuredly past Fernando Verdasco into the Aegon Championships quarter-finals.
Murray dismissed Verdasco 7-5, 6-4 in mostly impressive form, vindicating his top seed status at Queen’s Club as other big names tumbled.
The 28-year-old would become the eighth man to win a record four Queen’s titles with victory this year, and reigning champion Grigor Dimitrov’s second-round exit further improved those chances. Second seed Stan Wawrinka has already fallen by the wayside, and Dimitrov surrendered his crown with a lacklustre straight-sets defeat to Gilles Muller.