Murray puts trauma behind him with Tomic win

The British world number two ended the remaining home interest in the Grand Slam with a 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) win over 16th-seeded Tomic to set up a last-eight match with Spanish baseliner David Ferrer.

There were questions how Murray would respond in his first match after his father-in-law Nigel Sears, Ana Ivanovic's coach, collapsed at the tournament and was taken to hospital on Saturday.

Sears was cleared to leave hospital on Sunday and fly home following tests. Adding to the tension of the moment, Murray's wife Kim Sears is heavily pregnant and he has pledged to rush home if she goes into labour.

"Last few days were very, very tough. A lot of emotions, it's been sort of changing all the time in my head," Murray said on court moments after his win.

Murray put the medical emergency behind him but it was a scrappy match, as he broke Tomic's serve six times and dropped his own serve four times.

"It was a tough match and both of us had our chances, Bernie didn't play his best tiebreak and missed a few easy balls so that helped at the end but he fought right to the end," Murray said.