John McEnroe
Three-time Wimbledon singles champion on BBC TV

"This has got to be a world record, for the number of falls, we shouldn't be laughing, it's tough out there."

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A sublime full-stretch backhand that is perfect for width and depth, a bit of beefy forehand power and a sliding whipped winner down the line.

Grigor Dimitrov travels to deuce in style. And he does some damage when he gets there - a beautifully controlled volley plonking down plum on the line to bring up a break point.

Novak Djokovic is backed up to the cliff edge. He has no option but to bung down a ferocious service winner. Cue a bellow of triumph.

If you thought that was loud, wait until the Serb wins the game. Djokovic makes the noise of a caveman warning of a dinosaur.

On we go...

Eoin JP Morgan:, external Dimitrov needs to utilise every trick in the book here - ask Sharapova to shriek from the stands.

ykifle:, external Absolutely impressed by Dimitrov's resilience to get back into this set.

Christian Smith:, external Some of Djokovic's decision-making on big points has been truly bizarre in this semi-final.

The balls have been turned into punchbags. Grigor Dimitrov's turn to step up and hammer holes in the back of the ball. Another hold to love and we might be aboard the fast train to tie-break-ville.

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You won't like him when he is angry. A peeved Novak Djokovic emerges to serve out to love in a minute flat as he takes his aggression out on the fuzz.

If looks could kill... well, the Wimbledon groundsman would not need to order any weedkiller.

Novak Djokovic shoots daggers at the scruffy baseline as he struggles to keep his footing. He can't get any traction as he shuttles along the back of the court and for a man who can fetch everything from the wings, that is a big problem.

He spends the changeover after losing the game to Dimitrov drumming his soles into the turf as if trying to stamp it into submission,

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Grigor Dimitrov is starting to rattle around Novak Djokovic's psyche. He can't quite snap his serve though.

The top seed growls with frustration as Dimitrov, after wriggling off the hook in the last game, middles the ball and brings up break point at 30-40.

Djokovic smothers the life out of that one. Massive forehand and put-away volley at the net. A double fault on the next brings up a second break point. Dimitrov presses long to squander. A third break point. Another big serve and the Bulgarian can only fend long.

Djokovic makes good his escape. There is a break in the air. Who is it going to land on though?

John McEnroe
Three-time Wimbledon singles champion on BBC TV

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"It remains to be seen whether we are seeing a changing of the guard but what you are seeing though is a much improved version of Dimitrov. He is mentally so much stronger - to be able to come back after three successive double faults is impressive. He must have felt like he was on court naked after that."

This is a toe-to-toe after-hours car-park punch-up of a match. And you can't help but watch.

Novak Djokovic throws the kitchen sink at the Grigor Dimitrov serve and is rewarded with two break points.

Those serve jitters from two games ago are vanquished though. Suddenly it is raining meteors on Djokovic as Dimitrov finds the apex and the T with dead-eyed accuracy.

Out of trouble and back in front on the scoreboard. That will swell the Bulgarian's chest.

Tim in London, via text: Djokovic seems to want a magic surface - one that he can slide on but also one that isn't slippery. He can't have both.

Marc in Durham, via text: What am I going to do tonight? We have World Cup quarters, Wimbledon semi and Lancashire playing t20. I want to watch them all!

Now then. Cancel those tea plans. Match very much back on.

Grigor Dimitrov has hands soft as a princess as he scoops over a delicate flower of a drop shot for 30-30. Novak Dkokovic punts long to offer up a break point, but claws it back off the table with a serve that almost splits a wrong-footed Dimitrov in half.

Dimitrov's Fagin-like dexterity is the key though and he converts a second from deuce, running down a drop-shot and clipping a clever winning pass.

John McEnroe
Three-time Wimbledon singles champion on BBC TV

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"I think Novak is a complete master strategist. He knew he had to do something different to stop that slice shot so he stepped into the court. Then he started serving and volleying because if he is there his opponent can't be. Now Dimitrov has do something different, he is looking a bit desperate out there."

Andrew Castle
Former British number one on BBC TV

"That's a terrible game, a real body blow and it was completely self-inflicted."

Out of nowhere the gremlins have pounced. They are crawling all over the Grigor Dimitrov service action. What follows isn't pretty.

Three straight double faults and Novak Djokovic has three break points without having to play a shot.

First serve missed for the fourth time in a row. The second serve is, understandably, a nine-stone weakling.

Djokovic punches deep and hard on return and there is no way back into the rally or game for Dimitrov.

Is there a way back into the match though?

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1987 Wimbledon winner Pat Cash on Twitter:, external Players slipping on dry court. Before my final Wimbledon, they took grass clippings and sprinkled them all over! It was an ice rink.

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Grigor Dimitrov, snarling and growling on return, sets up 0-30. Six straight points at the start of the fourth set.

Novak Djokovic strings together the next four though, sniffing out the lines like a Robbie Fowler goal celebration.

Vinny Person:, external Dimitrov playing out of his skin to test Djokovic. Some outstanding variation and effort but suspect it'll take its toll soon.

Lewis J:, external Djokovic's experience destroys Dimitrov in the third set tie-break.

Craigville:, external Come on Dimitrov don't let Djokovic get in your head. You played an amazing second set.

That is some hand-soap. Grigor Dimitrov re-emerges to batter away a game to love in a hail of big serves and bulleted volleys.

The Bulgarian cracks off his neck vertebrae in celebration. Business-like.

BBC Sport's Phil Shepka at Wimbledon: British hopes of a male singles winner at Wimbledon this year are now officially over after Bedfordshire's Joshua Sapwell was beaten in the quarter-final of the boys' singles.

The 18-year-old, ranked fourth among the British boys and 157 on the ITF circuit, lost in straight sets to ninth seed Johan Sebastien Tatlot of France, 7-6 (7-5) 6-1.

Katie Boulter is now the only British junior left standing at Wimbledon, and she, alongside Serbian partner Ivana Jorovic, take on Usue Maitane Arconada and Fanny Stollar in the girls' doubles quarter-finals last on court 19.

John Lloyd
Former British number one on BBC TV

"It's a bit surprising the number of winners in that set - 19 for Djokovic compared to just nine from Dimitrov but yet there were only a couple of points in it. There were some poor shot selections from Dimitrov in the tie-break and you wondered what he was thinking."