Murray reached a 10th consecutive Wimbledon quarter-final with a straight-set win, working out the unorthodox Paire game over the course of two hours and 21 minutes.
They had met just once before, a dramatic match of twists and turns in Monte Carlo last year that 30-year-old Murray eventually won, and their second meeting was another unpredictable affair.
Paire, ranked 46th, played his part in disrupting Murray’s search for rhythm, as he threw in bursts of drop shots and deft volleys amid plenty of errors.
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