Murray reaches Wimbledon final

Andy Murray finally ended his long wait for a Wimbledon final with a dramatic four-set victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, setting up a clash with Roger Federer.

Murray started strongly, breaking Tsonga’s opening service game with some wonderful shots to delight the crowd. The rest of the set went with serve and the Scot served out for the first set, taking it 6-3 in 34 minutes.

It was a very emotional way to end to the match, I’ve just got to keep it together for the final.

Andy Murray

The British number one raced through his service games in the second set with a fabulous serving display, and broke Tsonga, who had seemed to be settling into the match, in the fifth game. Murray continued to pick the Frenchman off and took the set 6-4, with Tsonga looking demoralised.

However, after losing just two points on his serve in the whole of the second set, Tsonga broke Murray’s serve at the start of the third and his game suddenly came alive. He raced into a 3-0 lead before Murray held to get on the board and the crowd were becoming nervous. Murray pushed Tsonga all the way in his next service games but the Frenchman saw off his challenge and took the set 6-3.

The pair continued to slug it out on serve in the fourth set, Murray a lot more animated than he had been in the opening two sets, while Tsonga was moving better across the court. It seemed Murray might be back on track when he broke the Tsonga serve to take a 3-1 lead, but the Frenchman broke straight back to wipe out the advantage.

The momentum swung from player to player until Murray stepped up a gear with Tsonga serving 6-5 down and won with the most dramatic of finishes, reviewing a passing shot which had been called out, Hawkeye confirming what both players already knew.

“It was such a close match,” said an emotional Murray.

“In the last two sets both of us had chances. He came back with unbelievable passing shots, had break points at 4-4 and I had to hang tough and I just did it. It was a very emotional way to end to the match, I’ve just got to keep it together for the final.

“It will be one of the biggest matches of my life. I’ve had experience against Roger in the final of Slams before. I’ll use that to my advantage, learn from my mistakes. It’s obviously going to be a very tough match. He’s playing great.”

Murray is 7/4 to win his first Grand Slam title on Sunday, while Federer can be backed at 1/2 to lift the famous trophy for the seventh time.

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