Andy Murray Plays For Second Wimbledon Title

But I feel like I was playing some great tennis back then. It was the first time Federer had lost a semi-final at SW19, having previously been a flawless 10-0.

Had Federer made Sunday’s final he would have been the oldest finalist since 39-year-old Ken Rosewall finished runner-up to Jimmy Connors in 1974.

Murray has experienced more lucky breaks in getting to the final, needing to beat 12th-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarters and 10th-seeded Tomas Berdych in the semis.

“I hope that’s an advantage”, said Murray when asked if his experience of playing and winning slam finals could prove significant.

Serena and Venus Williams advanced to the women’s doubles final at Wimbledon.

Serena and Venus are 13-0 in Grand Slam finals together, including 5-0 at the All England Club.

Serena has also reached the singles final, where she will face Angelique Kerber on Saturday.

That break put Raonic in firm control, and he stayed on top the rest of the set and served out the match at love.

Murray’s only brief wobble came when Berdych pounded some seismic groundstrokes to break back in the third game, having gifted the Scot his own serve with a double-fault. Raonic hit 142 miles per hour on the first point and a 136 miles per hour ace on the second. Federer saves set point with a 40-15 win in the eighth game, but drops the first set to Raonic in the ninth.

The 25-year-old Raonic became the first Canadian man in history to advance to the final of a Grand Slam tournament.

With post-Brexit turmoil engulfing the nation’s political landscape, sterling plummeting and England’s soccer team licking its wounds after a Euro 2016 humiliation, old faithful Murray provided some cheer by reaching a third Wimbledon final on Friday.

During the changeover, Federer had his right leg looked at by a trainer.

“I was struggling there through the third and fourth sets”.

TSwitzerland’s Roger Federer reacts after losing a point to Canada’s Milos Raonic.

Raonic led by a set and 3-0 in the final at Queen’s and nearly had a 4-1 lead in the second set before hawk-eye overruled an incorrect call on game point.

Murray has now reached more slam finals than any other British player, surpassing the mark he jointly held with Fred Perry, and there is no doubt he will be expected to repeat his 2013 triumph, which ended Perry’s 77-year reign as the last British victor of the men’s singles title. In the third, Federer used his huge experience to claim the set 6-4.

Murray leads Raonic 6-3 in their head to head record and the Scot will start favourite on Sunday.

Raonic’s last win against Murray came in the Indian Wells Masters in 2014.

“He expected Roger to win, no disrespect to Milos, so the mindset and preparation will be a bit different”. “I’m glad that I’ve sort of been leading this charge, the first to break through… but I’m by no means done”.

Roger Federer and Milos Raonic were on serve at the first changeover in the Wimbledon semifinals. “I think it was definitely a good two weeks, which definitely show me that that’s the way to do it, that’s the way to go and that’s really positive signs for my second half of the year”. But Murray’s all-around game is the reason why he’s the No. 2 ranked player in the world behind Djokovic.

But now, with Federer on the wane – the great Swiss champion lost to Milos Raonic over five sets in Friday’s first semifinal – Murray has a chance to further his claim to being the next person to fill that role.