st time Friday since being injured and is likely to go on a rehab assign

WIMBLEDON, London -- Andy Murray was toiling away, oblivious as the murmurs went around Centre Court. But his mother, Judy, was beaming in his players box.Confirmation that Novak Djokovic was out of Wimbledon started to spread through the crowd. Minutes later the world No. 2 was made odds-on favourite to win his second title here.The seismic shift in the mood started to dawn on Murray when Centre Court erupted as the result of Djokovics defeat to Sam Querrey flashed on the scoreboard.If you see a result or hear the fans, then you think about it, he later admitted in a press conference. Thats natural. You dont just not see whats going on. But it wasnt going through my mind for more than 10 or 15 seconds while sitting at the change of ends. Then you get on with it. Its irrelevant to me during todays match; I needed to win today.Now it was about holding his nerve as he served for a two-set lead against?John Millman. But having already failed to take two set points up 5-3 on the Australians serve, he was instead broken back, with Millman levelling the second set at 5-5.Murray was understandably tight, but he refused to push the panic button. After a 14-minute game, he broke Millman straight back, turning a potential lemon into lemonade, as John McEnroe observed on ESPN.The Scot pumped his fist in the air, re-energising not just himself but the crowd, encouraging them to get more involved. Returning to his chair at the change of ends, he screamed, Right now! and jabbed his finger toward the turf, ready to serve again for the set.He hasnt looked so fired up since, well, winning Wimbledon in 2013.There was to be no looking back now. Murray held and, the wind in his sails, broke again at the start of the third set. He went on to close out a 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 win that was sealed with an ace after 2 hours, 10 minutes on court.The bookies dont always get it right, the new favourite said with a smile. Theyve made a few mistakes over the last few weeks across a number of different things.Indeed, Britain was also odds-on to stay in Europe -- but Murray was in no mood for an exit here.?If I was to reach the final, then it [Djokovics defeat] may have some bearing, he added. It doesnt right now. My draw is still exactly the same. The match in the next round is especially tough.The run that Novak has had has been incredible, so everyone expects him to win every match. But history suggests thats not going to happen. Theres going to be a match where maybe you dont play your best and your opponent plays great tennis.Rather than it being a surprise, it should really be almost celebrated now, what hes actually done. I mean, its incredible. He broke a number of records, winning all four slams, 30 consecutive Grand Slam matches. Its amazing.I would imagine today hed be disappointed. But looking back, its been probably the best 12 months in tennis for years.Unbeaten in eight matches since reuniting with Ivan Lendl, Murray is smoothly through to the second week of Wimbledon without dropping a set. He is the first player in the bottom half of the draw to reach the last 16, with several of his rivals now playing catch-up due to the interruptions caused by the rain this week.A meeting with either Nick Kyrgios or Feliciano Lopez awaits him in the fourth round on Monday. Richard Gasquet, John Isner and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are in the mix to face the British No.1 in the quarterfinals, with Juan Martin del Potro -- conqueror of Stan Wawrinka in the second round -- a potential threat in the semifinals, should his wrist hold out.Murray will be confident. He was already being backed to reach what would be a third final in SW19, but now -- significantly -- the man who has beaten him in five of their seven Grand Slam final meetings, including at the first two majors of 2016, wont be on the other side of the net, should Murray get there.A certain Mr. Roger Federer might be, though. Denied a record eighth Wimbledon title by Djokovic the past two summers, Federers claim on Friday night that Djokovic was clearly beatable proved true, and the Swiss will fancy his chances if he meets Murray here in the final, having beaten him there in 2012.The top half of the draw is now wide open, with?Queens finalist Milos Raonic -- being coached here by McEnroe -- and world No.6?Kei Nishikori lurking to challenge the 17-time major champion.A forlorn Djokovic also revealed in his press conference afterward that he is not going to play Davis Cup. 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However, the next inning tainted the relievers debut with the Seattle Mariners.Storen was charged with four runs in 1 1/3 innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates put the game out of reach on their way to a 10-1 rout of the Mariners on Wednesday night.Gerrit Cole pitched a three-hitter and slumping Andrew McCutchen had a three-run home run to help Pittsburgh hand Seattle its third loss in eight games.Storen relieved James Paxton (3-5) to begin the sixth inning with the Mariners trailing 3-1 and got three ground-ball outs. However, he walked Starling Marte with the bases loaded in the seventh inning to force in a run and was lifted in favor of Nate Karns, who gave up a three-run double to Jung Ho Kang.Storen, the one-time Washington Nationals closer, has rarely been used for multiple innings in his career but did not use the length of his outing as an excuse.A couple innings didnt go my way and thats part of it but for me its about throwing the ball good and thats what I did, Storen said. Stats might not look good, but from a stuff standpoint and how I threw it, Im happy with it.Storen struggled with the Blue Jays after being acquired from the Nationals in an offseason trade, posting a career-worst 6.31 ERA in 38 games. Yet, Mariners manager Scott Servais was pleased with what he saw.Hes going to help us, no doubt, but I probably tried to extend him too much tonight, Servais said.Making the 88th start, Cole (6-6) struck six and walked one while winning for the first time since May 20. He had gone six starts without a victory while also spending nearly five weeks on the disabled list with strained right triceps from June 11-July 16.It was good, a really good feeling, Cole said. You try to do it every time out but its not something I had been dwelling on. There are lot of variables that can leak into any start and throw you astray, so you just focus on the things you can control like your delivery and making quality pitches.Cole threw 94 pitches, 70 for strikes, against a Mariners lineup stacked with seven left-handed hitters and a switch-hitter while becoming the first Pirates pitcher to complete a game with fewer than 100 pitches since Francisco Liriano, who also needed just 94 at St. Louis on Aug. 14, 2013.McCutchens three-run blast off David Rollins came in the eighth inning and capped the scoring. His 15th home run of the season pushed the nine-year veterans career total to 166, tying Dave Parker for fifth on the Pirates all-time list.McCutchen, wwho also doubled, had gone 4 for 29 with eight strikeouts in his previous seven games, dropping the 2013 NL MVPs batting average to .dddddddddddd241.Norichika Aoki hit a pair of doubles and scored the Mariners lone run in the sixth inning on Robinson Canos sacrifice fly.Paxton gave up three runs and six hits in five innings, striking out six and walking one.I didnt have my best stuff and my location wasnt really great, Paxton said. It was kind of a battle.McCutchen and Kang each had four RBI to help the Pirates win for the sixth time in nine games. Jordy Mercer also had three of the Pirates 14 hits and David Freese and Starling Marte added two each as the top four in the order went a combined 10 for 17.TRAINERS ROOMMariners: DH/OF Nelson Cruz was not in the lineup after fouling a ball off his left foot Tuesday night, though manager Scott Servais said he held the slugger out primarily because the designated hitter rule was not in effect in an NL park. ... RHP Taijuan Walker (right foot tendinitis) pitched a three-inning simulated game Wednesday, the first time he had faced hitters since going on the disabled list July 6, and will likely make a minor league rehab start this weekend. ... RHP Nick Vincent (mid-back strain), on the DL since June 27, will throw off a mound for the first time Friday since being injured and is likely to go on a rehab assignment next week.Pirates: RHP Tyler Glasnow (shoulder inflammation), who was placed on the disabled list Sunday, is expected to begin playing catch this weekend. ... C Chris Stewart (left knee discomfort) ran the bases Wednesday for the first since going on the DL on July 2 and could go on a rehab assignment by the middle of next week. ... RHP Ryan Vogelsong (facial fractures) made what was scheduled to be the last of two rehab starts for Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday night and allowed two runs on five hits in seven innings against Gwinett with one walk and two strikeouts in the International League. He also started twice for Double-A Altoona.UP NEXTMariners: Open a three-game series against the Cubs at Chicago on Friday with RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (11-6, 3.96 ERA) looking to win his sixth straight start as he faces LHP Jon Lester (10-4, 3.09).Pirates: Begin a three-game series Friday night at Milwaukee with LHP Steven Brault (0-1, 2.25) expected to be recalled from Indianapolis and make his second major league start, opposing Brewers RHP Junior Guerra (6-2, 2.85). ' ' '