Andy Murray habia jugado muy bien, cerca de la perfección, hasta hoy, cuando en partido de cuartos de final de Wimbledon perdio su primer set….le tomo casi 4 horas, para ser exactos 3 horas y 56 minutos para superar a Jo-Wilfried Tsonga en cinco sets para poder avanzar a semifinales de Wimbledon donde se enfrentara a Tomas Berdych…
La victoria del Británico se produjo parciales de 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 4-6 y 6-1 y tal como ocurrió a Roger Federer tuvo que remontar un deficit de dos sets abajo para poder seguir con vida y llegar a ponerse a dos victorias del anhelado titulo del torneo de su tierra.
En la otra semifinal Berdych superó al Frances Lucas Pouille en sets corridos con parciales de 7-6, 6-3 y 6-2, convirtiendose en el unico de los ultimos 4 que no perdio un set en el partido de cuartos de final.
Until Wednesday, Murray had been sailing through the draw without dropping a set. He played extremely well when he had to – but he did not have to very often. He was just that bit better than everyone put in front of him.
And then he ran full pelt into his friend and sparring partner and almost came a cropper. It took him six minutes shy of four hours to find a way to beat Tsonga, but beat him he did, 7-6(10), 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1, and now goes on to meet Tomas Berdych on Friday.
When he was asked what had gone wrong in those two sets in the middle of the match, Murray looked incredulous. Sure enough, he had looked safe and sound with a two-set lead but he knew he had to be on his guard no matter what.