Marin Cilic hopes he is sewing the seeds of another assault on the Wimbledon title after hitting his stride at Queen’s Club.

The Croatian, who is the top-ranked player at the Fever-Tree Championships, moved into the quarter-finals after coming from a set down to beat Gilles Muller 4-6 6-3 6-3.

Cilic is a real threat on the grass and was the losing finalist in this competition and at Wimbledon in 2017, and is a contender to go one better this time around.

“It’s always a pleasure to come back, I always play great tennis here,” he said.

“It was not easy, he broke me in the beginning of the match and served out the first set.

“I managed to keep my composure and managed to serve well. I was not giving him too many chances and waiting for my own opportunities.

“It’s last year’s form, it continued this year, grass suits me greatly for my game, my shots hitting flat and deep through the court and serving well.

“It suits me and hopefully I can continue to do well and keep my form up.”

Sam Querrey, the winner in 2010, made it through to play Cilic in the next round after he overcame Stan Wawrinka 7-5 6-7 (3/7) 6-1.

Wawrinka is yet to find his top form after a double knee operation, but he took the positives.

“It was a tough match but I think in general this is a positive loss for me, if I really look at the right things in the right way,” he said.

“For sure, I’m sad and frustrated because I need to win matches, I want to win matches and I want more. That’s for sure.

“But there is a lot to take in the right way, and I’m sure if I can, as I say, keep doing the right things day by day, building on this and keep trying to improve, the results will come. I need to be patient with that.”

Frances Tiafoe won a three-set contest with Leonardo Mayer 6-4 2-6 6-4 to set up a last-eight clash with Jeremy Chardy.

The Frenchman beat young Russian Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (8/6) 6-3.