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And then there was one. After a memorable few days for British tennis here, now only Jack the lad remains standing.
Jack Draper, 20, will carry the flag into the singles semi-finals after he beat compatriot Ryan Peniston on Thursday.
Earlier, both Cameron Norrie and Harriet Dart lost their quarter finals to players who are making a habit of collecting home scalps. Maxime Cressy did for Dan Evans on Wednesday and then edged past Norrie 7-5 7-5.
Jack Draper is the last singles Brit standing after winning his quarter-final tie on Thursday
Next on Centre Court, Dart was ultimately outclassed by Petra Kvitova, the two-time Wimbledon champion who beat Katie Boulter 24 hours earlier. No disgrace there.
For Norrie, though, this was a strange end to his Wimbledon preparations. 'Perfect, exactly what I needed,' is how he described this week.
After a solitary grass-court win, this defeat, Norrie insisted, allowed him to tailor his schedule.
