Wimbledon 2024 LIVE: Tennis scores including Zverev v Fritz and De Minaur victory before Djokovic returns

How do you bid farewell to a legend? As Wimbledon approached and Andy Murray’s career neared the end, those conversations started to swirl around the All England Club. The two-time champion and first British winner of the men’s singles title in 77 years deserved a fitting send-off and celebration of his achievements, should the tournament be his last. With uncertainty surrounding Murray’s fitness and future, Wimbledon tentatively began work on how to commemorate the moment no one at the Championships wanted to arrive.

But how? “We didn’t want it to be too pre-planned and, you know, feel too false. It had to be genuine and organic,” says Paul Davies, Wimbledon’s head of broadcast and production. Ruled out of the singles, Murray’s doubles match with his brother Jamie turned out to be his last ever match at Wimbledon, after Emma Raducanu pulled out of their mixed-doubles match on Saturday. By then, though, Murray had received an emotional tribute on Centre Court and an acknowledgement of his 20-year Wimbledon career. For those in charge of the ceremony, the months of prepration had paid off.

Wimbledon were required to be flexible. For much of the season, uncertainty over how long Murray had left at the top of the sport dominated talk around his matches. Murray admitted he would likely not play beyond the summer but an ankle injury suffered at the Miami Open in March cast doubt over his Wimbledon. While he recovered in time for the grass-court season, a back injury picked up at Queen’s and an operation to remove a spinal cyst threatened his chance to appear at the event that has defined his career.

On No 1 Court, Jelena Ostapenko raced into a 5-0 lead over Yulia Putintseva in the first set, but Putintseva has finally got on the scoreboard! 5-1.

And she goes a step further, breaking Ostapenko for 5-2!

Back on Centre, Zverev began the third set against Fritz with a break of serve, but Fritz has returned the favour – sealing his own break with a winner on the baseline! 1-1.

Fritz with a perfect start on serve for 1-0. Fun rally now, which ends with Zverev powering a backhand into the corner for a winner! 1-1.

Fritz manages an impressive return of serve, but eventually he’s put under too much pressure and misses a backhand. Zverev leads 2-1.

Zverev finds the baseline with a backhand, and it catches out Fritz! 3-1 to Zverev; there’s the mini-break…

Now Zverev is forced out wide on a serve, and his forehand return floats long. He leads 3-2 in the tiebreak.

Roles reversed: Zverev’s powerful serve forces a deep return from Fritz – beyond the baseline. 4-2 to Zverev as the players change ends.

Fritz lassoes a forehand long, and Zverev has daylight now at 5-2. Same again from Fritz!

Four set points to Zverev. One saved! Fritz’s serve down the middle is pacey, and Zverev’s return is too deep. 6-3.

Zverev to serve. He aims for the corner on a forehand but hooks his shot jusssssst wide! Another set point gone. 6-4.

The German puts Fritz on the back foot, though, and this time it’s the American who hooks a groundstroke wide!

Zverev with a backhand high into the net. 15-0. Now he’s forced to cover a lot of ground, and he eventually errs. 30-0.

Ace for Fritz. 40-0. And he wrongfoots Zverev with an inside-out forehand in the corner! Winner, and his own hold to love.

Winners so far: Fritz 25-24 Zverev. Unforced errors: Fritz 7-8 Zverev.

Zverev with an unreturnable serve. 15-0. This time Fritz gets more on the ball, but too much in fact, and it goes long. 30-0.

Another big serve, and another missed return by Fritz, whose forehand up the line is in the tramlines. 40-0.

A forehand goes long for the American, and Zverev holds to love AGAIN to force a tiebreak.

Fritz moves to 15-0 then goes long with a ground shot. 15-15.

Ace down the middle! 30-15. Now Fritz manoeuvres Zverev around the court nicely, before dropping a neat volley over for a winner. 40-15.

And a big serve gets the hold. Zverev’s turn now.

Zverev with a brutal backhand into the corner. Fritz gets there, to be fair to him, and his own backhand stops at the tape – so close to a pass. 15-0.

30-0 as Zverev’s serve is just too much for Fritz. The American gets something on it, but his return flies out of court.

Now a Fritz forehand return lands beyond the baseline. 40-0. Big serve down the T, and Fritz’s return comes up short. Hold to love for Zverev!

Fritz totally frames a forehand and it goes nowhere. 15-0.

30-0 now as Zverev’s serve is too much for the 13th seed.

Great one-two punch; Zverev with a deep serve then a well-placed, inside-out backhand winner in the corner. 40-0.

Another powerful serve, and Zverev holds to love!

Fritz’s depth is a bit better than Zverev across two rallies, the second of which he ends with a whipped forehand – inside-out for a winner. 30-0.

Now the American eyes another winner, this one up the line, but he’s off-balance and off-target. 30-15.

40-15 as Fritz’s approach play pays off.

And he seals the hold with a nicely-disguised drop shot!

30-15 on Fritz’s serve, and Zverev drags a backhand narrowly wide. 40-15.

Now Fritz with an inside-out forehand winner to hold!

Zverev’s service game now, and he slings a backhand slice low into the net. 0-15.

This time Fritz nets, as his forehand on the run comes up short after some powerful groundstrokes from Zverev. 15-15.

Again Fritz is running and can’t beat the net, after he’s forced into the corner by Zverev. 30-15.

Zverev tries to find the corner with a step-in forehand, but he nudges it just long. 30-30.

Game point as Zverev sends a serve right into the corner of the service box. 40-30. Double-fault, though, and we’re at deuce!

Advantage Zverev after a brilliant forehand, however! He strikes it crosscourt from a tricky angle, yet the pace and accuracy are so impressive – right on the chalk.

And he rounds out the hold.

Fritz gives Zverev the runaround and moves to 15-0. Now an emphatic backhand into the corner, crosscourt. 30-0.

More clinical work from the American, and he holds to love.

He starts off well, but Fritz NAILS a runaround forehand for a winner! The speed on that! 15-15.

Brilliant net play from Zverev for 30-15. It looked for a moment as if he’d been a bit too lackadaisical, but he recovered well for a backhand half-volley to seal the point.

A trademark, huge serve from the German and it’s 40-15. Now an ace down the T, right on the chalk.

“I’ll be alright,” says De Minaur. “Thank you, guys, the atmosphere was unbelievable, I’m super proud of myself to be in the quarter-finals.

“That didn’t sound good. I’m just excited to be in the quarter-finals, excited to have a battle and give myself another shot.”