Mark Philippoussis reached his fourth Wimbledon quarter-final after an epic five-set victory over Andre Agassi today.
He came from two sets to one down to beat the world number one 6-3 2-6 6-7 6-3 6-4 after more than three hours of superb tennis on Court One.
The unseeded Australian, nicknamed 'The Scud', will now face Germany's Alexander Popp in the last eight as he continues his remarkable comeback from a series of career-threatening injuries.
Philippoussis needed three operations on his left knee in 14 months and was told he would not play again. Ironically, it was in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 1999 that he suffered the first serious injury.
He had lost his last six matches in a row against second seed Agassi but looked in superb form from the outset as he created the first break points of the match at 0-40 on the American's serve.
Agassi managed to scramble back to deuce and saved two more break points, but then uncharacteristically made two unforced errors, dumping a backhand into the net and another well beyond the baseline to give Philippoussis the break.
A double fault as he served for the set gave Agassi a brief glimmer of hope, but the Aussie took the next four points to take the set 6-3.
Tension was palpable on the packed number one court as the crowd attempted to lift Agassi in the final set, but he dropped serve in the seventh game and Philippoussis went in for the kill.