Murray brushes aside Tsonga to reach Wimbledon semis

Never has watching Andy Murray throughtout a Grand Slam tournament felt so comfortable and reassuring. Yesterday, the Scotsman sealed his passage to the semi-finals at Wimbledon to face World no. 2 Rafael Nadal after defeating Jo-Wilfred Tsonga in four sets.

Murray, who dropped his first set so far to the French world no. 10, came back in his typical gutsy ways. The first two sets were too close to call: Murray seemed unable to find opportunities to break Tsonga's serve, with the Frenchman using hard and flat groundstokes to manouever the Scot around the court.

The second set proved pivotal. After Tsonga had won the first via a tie-break, Murray stepped up his game using great imagination around the court and showing a deft touch on the odd drop shot. Although Tsonga retained his positive style of play, Murray obviously sensed the predictability of Tsonga's power. Murray began returning well on Tsonga's serve, and with that earned a set point in the second set tie break when Tsonga mistakenly left a looping Murray return to drop on the line. He never looked back. He won the next two sets 6-2.