Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean shattered Tim Henman's Wimbledon dream for another year today when he completed a 7-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 quarter-final victory on Centre Court.
Two sets to one up overnight, the 13th seed wrapped up a deserved victory with some scintillating shots to deflate an expectant Centre Court crowd.
Henman, seeded 10, had been hoping to reach his fifth Wimbledon semi-final in six years but the host nation's hopes of a first men's champion since 1936 were left in tatters by some sublime shot-making from Grosjean.
The Frenchman will play his first Wimbledon semi-final against either German Alexander Popp or Australian Mark Philippoussis, who like Popp is unseeded.
Grosjean is only the third player from France to reach the semi-finals of the men's singles at Wimbledon since the game turned professional in 1968.