Murray bows out with his head held high

1 Andy Murray lost nothing in defeat at Wimbledon

And so it came to pass that the Andy Murray pre-tournament market drift was proved correct.

Those folk who opined that there would be no way the top seed would win another match after seeing him defeat Benoit Paire in round four were also shown to be spot-on in their assessment.

But there should be no crying for the Scot. He was a superb champion at Wimbledon last year and did as well as he could have done, given his hip injury, in his second title defence.

Murray lost no caste in defeat and will be back in the winner’s circle before long.

2 Roger Federer is showing he is still the man to beat

Even allowing for Tomas Berdych's passage when Novak Djokovic retired in set two, yesterday’s easiest winner was still Roger Federer, who brushed aside Milos Raonic 6-4 6-2 7-6 without ruffling his headband.

Skipping the French Open seemed a wise decision at the time and now makes even more sense given his freshness in south-west London.

After coasting through the first two sets, Australian Open champion Federer survived the odd hiccup in set three. But overall he was different class to last year’s losing finalist Raonic.

3 Gilles Muller was hugely impressive at Wimbledon

Take a bow, Gilles Muller, you were brilliant.

The 34-year-old Luxemburger outplayed Marin Cilic in the opening set of their quarter-final and looked as if he might go two sets up, asking the Croat to dig as deep as he has done at Wimbledon this year.

Cilic was just about good enough to win in five sets, but Muller will definitely be remembered as one of the brightest stars of Wimbledon 2017 and may still have an outside shot at the title if bringing back that form to London.