Cameron Norrie became the first British man for five years to make it to the last eight at Wimbledon.
The last remaining home grown player in the singles beat American Tommy Paul 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in front of a rapturous Court One crowd.
And South Africa-born Norrie has picked up the baton left by two-times winner Andy Murray who last reached the quarter-finals in 2017.
Nerveless Nozza is already into uncharted territory having never made it beyond the third round in any of his previous 18 Grand Slams.
He is now cruising into the second week of the biggest tennis tournament in the world and looking more and more at home on the grass of SW19.
He has already been dubbed “the dog” by regular practice partner Paul who marvels at the way the athletic British number one fights stubbornly for every single point of a match.
And there were times when left-hander Norrie lived up to his reputation in game six of the first set where he faced four break points before eventually holding his serve.
Ninth seed Norrie faces David Goffin in Tuesday’s battle for a place in the last four. The Belgian beat Frenchman Frances Tiafoe in a four and a half hour marathon five setter earlier in the day.
But he is favourite to record another stunning win with the possibility of meeting defending champion Novak Djokovic in Friday’s semi-finals.
Norrie walked onto the turf as the last person standing for team GB in the singles. Heather Watson had moments earlier succumbed in straight sets to German Jule Niemeier.