Murray flies flag, Nadal next
Murray … bounced back from a two-set deficit. Reuters leadPicToggle(); Murray flies flag, Nadal next 
From Angus MacKinnon in London, England
Former Australian Captain July 01, 2008
ANDY Murray pulled off one of the great Wimbledon comebacks to beat No.8 seed Richard Gasquet in five sets and reach his first grand slam quarter-final.
Murray, aiming to be the first British men’s champion
since Fred Perry in 1936, was staring defeat in the face when the French No.1 served for the fourth-round match at 5-4 in the third set.
But he rallied to claim a 5-7 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 6-4 victory after almost four hours of centre court drama that ended in the gloom of dusk with Gasquet appealing in vain for the match to be suspended.
“That was the best moment I’ve ever had on a tennis court,'’ Murray said.
“The crowd were unbelievable and to come back from two sets down with him serving for the match, it’s an awesome feeling.'’
Murray conceded he had been outplayed for the first two sets.
“He got a little bit nervous towards the end of the third and I just had to keep fighting.'’
The Scot’s reward for his heroics was a daunting quarter-final meeting with Rafael Nadal, who overcame an injury scare to see off No.17 seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 6-3 6-3 6-1.
Nadal, the four-time French Open winner needed eight minutes of treatment on his right knee after falling awkwardly in the second game on court one.
“I felt something behind the knee. I was scared at the start but it got better later,'’ said the Spaniard.
Murray insisted he had a chance of upsetting Nadal.
“When I’ve played him in the past on faster courts, I’ve had chances against him and I’m definitely a better player than I was before and fitter.'’
Marat Safin, a former world No.1 whose career was seemingly in terminal freefall, reached his first Wimbledon quarter-final since 2001 with a 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-1 win over No.13 seed Stanislas Wawrinka.
The Russian, a former Australian and US Open champion, now takes on Spain’s Feliciano Lopez.
Safin hadn’t reached a grand slam quarter-final since 2005 when he went on to take the Australian Open.
“It was still black and white television the last time I made the last eight here,'’ joked the 28-year-old, who put out No.3 seed Novak Djokovic in the second round.
Lopez, the No.31 seed, reached his second Wimbledon quarter-final with a gruelling 5-7 6-2 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 8-6 win over 2006 semi-finalist Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, the No.10 seed.
Germany’s Rainer Schuettler and Frenchman Arnaud Clement struck a blow for the thirty-somethings by reaching the last eight and will meet for a semi-final spot.
Schuettler, 32, reached his first Wimbledon quarter-final with a 6-4 3-6 6-4 7-6 (7-4) over Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic.
Clement, 30, the world No.145, made it through to a first quarter-finals with a 6-3 7-5 6-2 over Croatian 19-year-old Marin Cilic.
“I had to come back because I was always trying to work hard, trying to stay fit,'’ said Schuettler, the 2003 Australian Open runner-up whose recent career has been curtailed by a knee injury and glandular fever.
Agence France-Presse