Ordinarily, a 6-4 3-6 6-3 victory for Andy Murray over Kevin Anderson in the fourth round of a tournament would be viewed as little more than run of the mill.
However, it was a significant triumph for the Scot last night because it marked the 500th win of his professional career.
Having reached such a significant milestone, Sports Mole has selected five of the 27-year-old's most important victories to date.
Cincinnati Open final, 2008
Murray beat Djokovic 7-6(4) 7-6(5)
There was a stage when it seemed that Novak Djokovic was always going to have the upper hand on Murray, but in this battle of the 21-year-olds, the Brit showed great determination to win what was his first Masters title.
Djokovic had won four of the previous five meetings between the off-court friends, but Murray triumphed in two tie-breakers to lift the trophy. In doing so, he became only the third man from Britain after Greg Rusedski and Tim Henman to have won a big ATP event.
US Open semi-final, 2008
Murray beat Nadal 6-2 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4
Murray had faced Nadal on five occasions prior to their semi-final clash at Flushing Meadows and lost each time. That included a hammering during the pair's encounter at Wimbledon earlier the same year.
This time, though, Murray took the game to the world number one from the baseline. The result was a four-set victory in a rain-shortened match, thus making Murray the first British man to reach the final of a Grand Slam since 1997. The man from Dunblane had proven that he was capable of beating the best.
London Olympics final, 2012
Murray beat Federer 6-2 6-1 6-4
Twenty-eight days earlier, Murray had wept on Centre Court at Wimbledon following his defeat in the final to Roger Federer. For what seemed like a catalogue of reasons, the Scot could not beat the Swiss star in a best-of-five-sets encounter.
But that all changed at the London Olympics in front of a partisan crowd. He took the first set in just 37 minutes and never looked back from that moment, securing one of Britain's 29 gold medals in the process.
US Open final, 2012
Murray beat Djokovic 7-6 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-2
After 76 years of waiting, Britain had a male Grand Slam singles champion. Not that Murray, who had lost his four previous Grand Slam finals, was going to do it the easy way, although that had plenty to do with his stubborn opponent on the other side of the net.
Murray opened up a two-set lead, only to be pegged back by the finest player of the hard courts. On this occasion, though, Djokovic faced a more resilient Murray, who won through in a mammoth four hours and 54 minutes.
Wimbledon final, 2013
Murray beat Djokovic 6-4 7-5 6-4
For the third time in the previous four Grand Slam finals, the title would go to either Murray or Djokovic. While the other meetings had been close affairs, this one was wrapped up in straight sets.
Not since Fred Perry 77 years earlier had a British male won a singles title at Wimbledon, but in front of 15,000 fans on Centre Court, Murray delivered. In doing so, he had shown that his success at the previous year's US Open was no fluke.
Liam Apicella
