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Murray win, ends Britain’s 74-year Wimbledon final wait

LONDON: World’s number four Andy Murray on friday reached into the Wimbeldon final after his 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 win over fiftth seed Jowilfried Tsonga of france. Now, he will meet three time wimbeldon winner Switzerland’s Rozer federer in final.

Murray’s get this miracle victory after a miserable run of 11 semifinal failures by British men to the history books and emulated the achievement of Bunny Austin, the last home challenger to reach the Wimbledon men’s final back in 1938.

The 25-year-old had lost at the semifinal stage for the last three years. Tim Henman, Roger Taylor and Mike Sangster were among the others who have been lost in Wimbeldon semi final.

While Murray’s victory has put one ghost to rest, the Scot won’t be truly satisfied until he has become the first British man to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936.

Murray, who had won five of his six meetings with Tsonga, has often been criticised for his grumpy on-court demeanour but he looked totally at ease as he broke Tsonga in his first service game.

When Tsonga, a beaten semifinalist at Wimbledon last year, earned two break points midway through the set, Murray simply came up with a series of dazzling winners to get out of trouble.

Tsonga had lost just four of his 90 service games en route to the last four, but Murray broke again for a 3-2 lead in the second set when the Frenchman blazed a forehand wide.

Murray easily closed out the second set but, with the finish line in sight, his concentration wavered and Tsonga broke for the first time in the second game of the third set.

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