Murray beats Tsonga at Wimbledon, reaches semis
Andy Murray withstood a dramatic fightback from French 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win in five sets and reach his seventh Wimbledon semi-final.
The Briton, seeded second, let slip a two-set lead before coming through a tense contest 7-6 (12-10) 6-1 3-6 4-6 6-1 on Centre Court.
Murray will play Czech 10th seed Tomas Berdych in the last four on Friday.Seven-time champion Roger Federer takes on Canadian sixth seed Milos Raonic in the other semi-final.
Third seed Federer came back from two sets down to beat Croatia’s Marin Cilic in the opening match on Centre Court, while Raonic saw off American Sam Querrey – conqueror of Novak Djokovic – in four sets on Court One.
Berdych, the 2010 runner-up, beat France’s Lucas Pouille 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-2 to set up a 15th meeting with Murray – the Czech trails 8-6.
Meanwhile, five-time winner, Venus Williams on Wednesday became the oldest Wimbledon semi-finalist for 22 years after defeating Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova, winning three sets 5-2, 7-6, 6-3 to qualify to the semi-final.
Venus had joined younger sister Serena in the last four in a comeback victory at the ongoing Wimbledon Tennis Championships. She was forced to recover from 5-2 down in a first set tie break against the world number 96 before roaring back to win.
The 36-year-old, who last made it this far at Wimbledon in 2009, would now play Germany’s Angelique Kerber for a place in the final.
