Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares' defence of their Queen's men's doubles title gathered pace as the duo sealed their place in the semi-finals.
The Brit and his Brazilian partner battled past a resolute pairing of Dutchman Wesley Koolhof and Marcus Daniell of New Zealand.
The fourth-seeded Murray and Soares took the first set 6-3 to land the first blow, but a tiebreak loss in the second forced the encounter into a decider.
And as they have done so many times, Murray and Soares held their nerve to take it 10-7 and move into the last four of the Fever-Tree Championships, where they face top seeds Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic for a place in the final.
British pair Kyle Edmund and Neal Skupski will contest the second men’s doubles semi-final at Queen’s after seeing off the Australian duo of Leyton Hewitt and Nick Kyrgios 6-1 6-4.
Edmund and Skupski will face second seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers after they won their quarter-final tie 6-3 6-4 against Americans Mike Bryan and Jack Sock.
It was sweet revenge for Edmund who had earlier been knocked out of the men’s singles by Kyrgios – the same opponent who got the better of the returning Andy Murray on Tuesday.
In a high-quality encounter, Kyrgios and Edmund both served exceptionally with the Queens crowd being treated to few rallies as a result.
One exceptional moment in the first set saw Kyrgios lob Edmund, who had raced to the net, with a deft and delicate ‘tweener’ – where the shot is played with the racquet between the legs.
Kyrgios’ career has been far from routine, but the way the 23-year-old powered past his seventh-seeded opponent is evident of his good form as Wimbledon edges nearer.
Edmund saved one match point in the tenth game but – after a few spiky words by the frustrated and fiery Australian – a brilliant shot down the line claimed the win.
It was the first time the two met at tour level, with Kyrgios acknowledging it was a difficult task of getting past the Beverley hitter.
“I knew it was going to be tough, Kyle has had a great year,” said Kyrgios. “I played juniors with him and you always knew he has a lot of firepower.
“It was a really good battle out there. He was serving really well, I was struggling to read his serve and it was a high-quality match.”
Sportsbeat 2018