Friday 8 July 2016

Andy Murray's so close to Wimbledon greatness

Slowly but surely Andy Murray is scratching his name alongside the all-time grasscourt greats on Wimbledon's hallowed lawns.The Scot, who emulated Fred Perry by ending Britain's 77year wait for a Wimbledon men's champion in 2013, a year after winning Olympic gold on Centre Court, notched a 51st Wimbledon match victory by fighting off gallant Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in dramatic fashion on Wednesday.It moved him equal seventh on the all-time list of men's singles matches won here, alongside five-times champion Bjorn Borg, and put him into a seventh semi-final at the All England Club, level with his coach Ivan Lendl and world number one Novak Djokovic.
"That's really nice," he said when told he had matched Borg's tally of victories. "He's one of the best players that's ever played. I must be doing something right to have equalled his wins," a modest Murray told reporters, after surviving a Tsonga fightback to triumph 7-6(10) 6-1 3-6 4-6 6-1.
"He also won the tournament a lot more than me. Still have a long way to go to catch up.Hopefully I can win a couple more between now and the end of the tournament," he added.

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