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“Diana was playing so well, she’s always a tricky opponent. I definitely had to raise my level and try to be able to break on one return game,” Keys says afterwards.

“This is a nice winter day in Florida,” she jokes when asked how she coped with the conditions.

The interviewer quizzes her about her serves: husband and coach Bjorn Fratangelo occasionally directed her to serve down the T and she went wide. “Sometimes I don’t like where he’s telling me to serve, I just take it as an option,” she laughs.

Keys makes a hash of a serve and volley in her first match point. “Come out Madi!” applauds a near-capacity crowd.

Shnaider sends a booming serve well wide on the second, and Keys is the first of our semi-finalists!

Shnaider duly holds, albeit not without being taken to deuce. She outlasts Keys in a brilliant rally covering what feels like every inch of the court before the American sends a forehand sailing long, and sends down a vicious serve to hold.

Keys will serve for a place in the semi-finals.

Keys grimaces as she thumps a sitter of a volley into the net, but battles through deuce to hold with some clinical strikes.

Shnaider must serve to stay in this match.

Keys clinches a mammoth service game to stay one step ahead and, from 40-0 up, Shnaider holds to 30 to keep the American’s advantage to just one break.

Shnaider takes a medical timeout for a leg issue after Keys strikes first in this deciding set.

To a decider we go on the Andy Murray Arena!

Shnaider comes through a tricky service game to ask Keys the question. The American is a hold away from levelling this quarter-final.

In other grass-court news…

The winners of the singles titles at Wimbledon this year will take home £3million, as the tournament announced a record prize pot for players.

The total prize pot has increased from £50m to £53.5m, a 7 per cent jump, while first round losers will receive £66,000 – a 10 per cent increase from last year.

Meanwhile, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) defended the change to the start time of both singles finals, from its usual 2pm slot to 4pm this year. Doubles finals will now take place from 1pm.

Shnaider thumps the ball into the net 30-40 down and it’s advantage Keys in the second set!