Wimbledon 2012 Men's Quarterfinals Live: Federer, Djokovic, Murray in Action

It's down to the last eight in the third Grand Slam of the year. Five of the top eight seeds have made it to the Wimbledon 2012 men's singles quarterfinals, and three lower ranked seeds have crashed the party. On July 4, Wednesday afternoon, world no. 1 Novak Djokovic, no. 3 Roger Federer, local favorite and world no. 4 Andy Murray, and world no. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga all take on lower ranked opponents as they aim to advance to the semi-finals of the only major played on grass. Watch Wimbledon 2012 men's singles quarterfinals live featuring Federer, Djokovic, Murray, and Tsonga in action here.

Wimbledon 2012 Schedule of Play, Wednesday, July 4
Centre Court
1:00 PM Gentlemen's Singles - Quarterfinals
Roger Federer (SUI)[3] vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[26]
David Ferrer (ESP)[7] vs Andy Murray (GBR)[4]

No. 1 Court
1:00 PM Gentlemen's Singles - Quarterfinals
Novak Djokovic (SRB)[1] vs Florian Mayer (GER)[31]
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)[5] vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)[27]

First off at the Centre Court is six-time Wimbledon champ Federer who is going for a record tying seventh Wimbledon title. He is slated to meet surprise quaterfinalist in no. 26-seed Mikhail Youzhny. Federer had not been playing up to par, but it is a given that he should win the match-up against the Russian. Federer leads Youzhny 13-0, winning all their previous encounters.

Next up in Centre Court is the UK's best hope for a men's champion in Murray. The Scot has reached the Wimbledon semi-finals in the past three years and is faced with good fortune this year as world no. 2 Rafael Nadal was bundled out of the tournament leaving Murray as the top seed remaining in this half of the draw. Still, it won't be easy as Murray is the only one facing a top 10 seed in world no. 7 David Ferrer. It is a rematch of their French Open 2012 quarterfinals where the Spaniard emerged the victor.

Meanwhile, the first match on Court No. 1 belongs to top ranked Djokovic and no. 31-seed Florian Mayer. Djokovic is the defending champion but alas, he needs to reach the finals to ensure that he'll remain at the top of the rankings by next week. Federer has a chance to get back to the world no. 1 ranking if he wins the whole tournament, and that's something Djokovic doesn't want to happen. Expect the Serb to come out firing and advance to the last four in straight sets.

The last quarterfinal is between no. 5-seed Tsonga and another German, world no. 27-seed Philipp Kohlschreiber. The German took Nadal's spot in the draw and has the game to take out the top-ranked Frenchman but Tsonga was a semi-finalist last year and would like to go one step further at Wimbledon. Of the three quarterfinals, this is the most un-predictable but expect Tsonga to come out and edge Kohlschreiber in four tough sets.

Watch Wimbledon 2012 men's singles quarterfinals live online featuring Federer, Djokovic, Murray, and Tsonga through the Live @ Wimbledon website.