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Murray relishes hot-dog shot

London - Andy Murray will continue to execute his cheeky 'hot-dog' shot at Wimbledon but admits he's going to look foolish when it flops.

Murray pulled off the shot, which involves nursing his racquet behind him to pop the ball back between his legs and over the net for a forehand winner, in the fourth set of Friday's tense third round win over Ivan Ljubicic.

It was the same trick he used in the Queen's final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

"It doesn't happen that often when you get yourself in that sort of position. I went for it and made it. I'm sure at some point I'm going to miss one and look silly," said Murray after his 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/4) win.

"I don't know which one was better, because the shot tonight, his ball was coming and it was maybe an easier height to do it off. Tsonga's one was coming a bit higher and I got a better angle on it. They were both good."

Murray will face French 17th seed Richard Gasquet on Monday for a place in the quarter-finals.

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