The Wimbledon Centre Court erupted with joy as Andy Murray
progressed to the finals by beating
Jerzy Janowicz of Poland 6-7(2-7) 6-4 6-4 6-3 and will meet the Serbian
World no 1 Novak Djokovic who earlier defeated Juan Martin Del Potro in a
marathon 5 setter.
The 6 8' Janowicz started very confidently launching some
massive serves and thunderous forehand shots dismissing any signs of nerves on
the occasion of his first ever grand slam semi finals. Andy did have a few opportunities
to break Janowicz's serve but failed to capitalize and the 1st set went to
tiebreak in which Janowicz prevailed to take the lead in the match.
Andy fought back immediately breaking Janowicz's first game
in the second set ,he then survived a few breakpoints in his serve to take the
set 6-4 and leveling the match.
But the momentum shifted again in this topsy turvy encounter
as janowicz started the 3rd set very
strongly breaking Murrays serve and racing to a 4-1 lead .The Brit then fought
back to the crowds delight and won 5 games in a row to win the 3rd set and take
a 2-1 lead in the match.
The game then halted to close the roof of the centre court
and play under lights due to the constant complaints of Janowicz about the bad
light, this decision was greeted with boos
from the crowd and disgust from the world no 2 who felt that the light
was good enough for another 45 min of play.
The game resumed after a 20 min break ,and Andy was back in the
groove and his scintillating tennis coupled with some erratic play from Janowicz ensured he took the set 6-3 booking his ticket
to yet another wimbledon final.
After his emotional loss to Roger Federer last year in the
final ,Andy would like to make amends and win the crown in front of his home
crowd against Djokovic. Andy would take confidence in the fact that he beat
Djokovic at SW19 at the Olympics last year .Djokovic too would love to add a
second wimbledon victory to the one he one in 2011. This sets up a sumptuous
clash to end a memorable tournament which included massive upsets and the rise
of young stars of the future like Janowicz.
-A M
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