AEGON Championships 2016: Friday Tennis Scores, Results, Updated Schedule

Quarterfinal play commenced Friday at the AEGON Championships from Queen's Club in London with top-seeded Andy Murray headlining the four-match slate.

The world No. 2 and French Open runner-up continued his quest to repeat as the tournament's champion and moved one step closer to winning it for the fifth time in his career. The Scot wasn't the only big name in action, though, as the likes of Marin Cilic and Milos Raonic were also scheduled to make a run at the semis.

Here is a full rundown of how Friday's quarterfinal clashes have played out thus far, along with a schedule looking ahead at matches yet to come.

AEGON Championships Singles Scores

Round	Winning Player	Losing Player	Score
Quarterfinals	(5) Marin Cilic	Steve Johnson	6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4
Quarterfinals	(1) Andy Murray	Kyle Edmund	6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Quarterfinals	(3) Milos Raonic	(6) Roberto Bautista Agut	6-1, 6-4
Quarterfinals	Bernard Tomic	Gilles Muller	7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2

AEGON Championships Singles Schedule

Round	Time (ET)	Player 1	Player 2
Semifinals	8:15 a.m.	(1) Andy Murray	(5) Marin Cilic
Semifinals	10:15 a.m.	(3) Milos Raonic	Bernard Tomic

AEGON Championships Friday Recap

Although he was pushed to the limit by fellow Brit Kyle Edmund, Murray persevered in a three-set thriller Friday to advance to the AEGON Championships semifinals.

While his quarterfinal clash with Murray was the biggest of the 21-year-old Edmund's young career, he entered the match with a positive attitude, per William Giles of Wimbledon.com: "He's world No.2 in the world for a reason. I will go in there and play my game. When I get on court, it doesn't matter who you're playing. Whoever you're playing, I will just go on and do what I can do."

Edmund's confidence was apparent from the start as he hung in there against the two-time Grand Slam champion throughout the first set.

As seen in this tweet from Live Tennis, Murray even appeared to get frustrated with himself at times, especially on serve:

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#Murray broken back. 'You're overthinking on your serve again,' he tells himself, but holds for 3-3. pic.twitter.com/vT5ujj2QEl

— Live Tennis (@livetennis) June 17, 2016"

Murray's serving was likely the biggest reason why he managed to take the first set 6-4, as the other statistics were quite even, as evidenced by TennisTV's breakdown:

Going shot for shot with his countryman in the first set seemingly gave Edmund confidence in the second as he began to carry the play.

Edmund made the most of his break-point opportunities by converting both, and as pointed out by BBC's Russell Fuller, the fearless youngster imposed his will to even the match at one set apiece:

The world's 85th-ranked player was unquestionably the better performer in the second set, and the stats show that he was the one who dictated the points:

Momentum was firmly on Edmund's side entering the third set, and Murray seemed ripe for an upset, but the 29-year-old superstar flipped the switch and ran Edmund off the court in the decisive set.

Murray is among the most resilient players in tennis as he often battles back and wins long matches despite not entirely playing his best tennis, and that was the case once again Friday.

The former Olympic gold medalist will likely need to have his third-set form in tow for his entire semifinal match, though, when he meets Cilic for a spot in the final.

Cilic dropped the first set to American Steve Johnson in his quarterfinal tilt, but he bounced back to advance in a tournament that has been kind to him over the years.

Following his victory, the former U.S. Open champion praised Johnson and expressed relief that he was able to overcome the challenge, per ATPWorldTour.com:

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It was very tough. I think Steve was playing pretty well today. He was serving really well. He was giving me a lot of trouble with his serve. Unfortunately, I played poorly in that first-set tiebreak and I had to dig out this match in the second and third set. It wasn't easy. I was 0-40 down in the first game of the third set and the next game on my serve, I was 0-30. So I had to dig [a] few chances out. I'm happy with the way I'm playing, and just hopefully I can continue with good form.

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Things will only get tougher for Cilic in the semis, though, as he holds a career record of just 2-10 against Murray.

While Cilic won the AEGON Championships title in 2012, he has lost to Murray twice at the tournament, including the 2013 final.

The Croatian will have a chance at redemption and to take another step toward his second Queen's Club championship Saturday.

On the other side of the bracket, Raonic made quick work of sixth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets despite a rain delay.

The No. 3 seed put on a serving clinic and overpowered Bautista Agut throughout, which prompted Arash Madani of Sportsnet to suggest the Canadian is currently better than ever on grass:

Raonic has never won a title on grass despite his strong play on the surface, but he now stands just two wins away from ending that drought.

The 25-year-old originally from Montenegro will be favored to reach the final where he would meet the winner of the clash between Murray and Cilic.

Raonic's semifinal opponent will be Aussie Bernard Tomic who overcame big-serving Gilles Muller in three sets Friday.

Muller forced a third set after dropping a first-set tiebreak, but the Luxembourg native had little left in the tank and fell to his younger, fitter opponent.

Consistency has been elusive for Tomic during his career, but he is supremely talented and has proven capable of hanging with the very best when he is on his game.

Tomic is winless in three career meetings with Raonic, though, and has yet to take a set off him. Unless he makes drastic changes to his strategy against Raonic Saturday, he may be in line for his third loss of the year to the Canadian.

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