Murray and Marray make history reaching Wimbledon Finals
6th July 2012
Andy Murray and Jonny Marray have won into the men's singles final and the men's doubles final in their respective draws after four set wins in their Wimbledon matches on Friday.
Murray defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to become the first British man into a Wimbledon men's singles final in 74 years, since Bunny Austin in 1938.
The British No.1 fell to the ground with emotion after taking his first matchpoint: "It's a bit of a relief, it's exciting, it’s tough to explain, it was such a close match in the end, both of us had chances. I started the match really well and I served really well.
"I think I need to make sure I enjoy myself, enjoy the win. You know, it's not every day you're through to the final of a Grand Slam, and also Wimbledon. So I need to make sure I enjoy tonight, and then tomorrow get back on the practice court and, you know, make sure I hit enough balls tomorrow and get focused for Sunday."
In his fourth Grand Slam final and first at Wimbledon Murray will take on Roger Federer after the Swiss third seed defeated Novak Djokovic in four sets in the first semi-final.
Murray spoke about the final: "It will be one of the biggest matches of my life. I am very excited."
About an hour ahead of Murray's victory there was history made by Britain's Jonny Marray who became the first British man into a Wimbledon men's doubles final in the Open era.
The Brit and his Danish partner Freddie Nielsen defeated American No.2 seeds, Bob & Mike Bryan, 6-4, 7-6(9), 6-7(4), 7-6(5) to reach the final, which will follow the ladies final on Saturday.
Marray said afterwards: "To beat them in our first semi-final at Wimbledon, you know, is a pretty big thing. We're more than happy with it, how we played today.
"I'm just delighted to kind of be there and to get a chance to play on Centre Court and share it with Freddy. We've been friends for a long time. To do this together, it's been great."
There was further British success in the boys' doubles event as Evan Hoyt won through to the semi-finals with his South African partner Wayne Montgomery, beating Bergevei & Torpegaard 4-6, 6-4, 10-7.
Luke Bambridge & Kaichi Uchida lost out in their boys' doubles quarter-final, beaten 7-6(7), 7-5 by Australian fourth seeds Harris & Kygrios.
Colin Fleming & Su-Wei Hsieh became the latest British pair to exit the mixed doubles event at the hands of Zimonjic & Srebotnik, beaten 7-6(3), 6-3 in their quarter-final.