Murray makes history and now for the final

Andy Murray became the first British player in 74 years to reach the men’s singles final at Wimbledon with a dramatic fourth-set victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Murray makes history and now for the final

Andy Murray became the first British player in 74 years to reach the men’s singles final at Wimbledon with a dramatic fourth-set victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

For two sets it looked like the Scot would have no trouble assigning 1938 runner-up Bunny Austin’s name to history, but Tsonga fought back and it was with relief and delight that Murray sealed a 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-5 victory.

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