Murray makes it an

8220;Beating a twice Wimbledon finalist on Centre Court is obviously a huge deal for me,8221; Murray said after recording the greatest win of his career. 8220;I8217;m pretty excited right now. I wasn8217;t the favourite going in so I wasn8217;t expecting to beat him three sets. 8220;I feel bad for him because he8217;s always a great sport.8221;

The result kept alive Murray8217;s dreams of becoming the first Briton in 70 years to win the Wimbledon men8217;s crown, while third seed Roddick8217;s exit ended a miserable day for the United States on tennis8217;s most famous stage.

With Andre Agassi also bowing out earlier on Saturday, Murray8217;s victory meant there would be no American man in the fourth round at Wimbledon for only the second time in the Open era.

8220;It was very disappointing,8221; was Roddick8217;s succinct verdict. Murray reached the last 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time when Roddick slapped a forehand long on the Scot8217;s second match point.

The world No. 44 will next face Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis.

8220;I played great pretty much the whole match, maybe started a bit nervously,8221; said Murray. 8216;8216;I had to hang in because I had a lot of break points on my serve and played well to save them.8221;