Andy Murray vs Tomas Berdych live: British No 1 takes less than two hours to reach final after Roger Federer knocked out
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Your support makes all the difference.The men’s Wimbledon singles finals will be fought out between Andy Murray and Milos Raonic on Sunday after the British No 1 saw off the lacklustre challenge of Tomas Berdych in under two hours, with Canadian Raonic beating Roger Federer in a thrilling five-set semi-final that swung in both directions. Murray now has the chance to win a third Grand Slam title, in his first ever final that is not against either Federer or Novak Djokovic. Re-live the action here.
- Andy Murray to play Milos Raonic in Sunday's Wimbledon final
- Murray beat No 10 seed Tomas Berdych in under two hours on Centre Court
- Murray can win his third Grand Slam title on Sunday
- Third-seed Roger Federer knocked out by sixth-seed Milos Raonic
- Raonic becomes the first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam final
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Friday order of play at Wimbledon:
Centre Court
13:00: (6) Milos Raonic (Can) v (3) Roger Federer (Swi), (10) Tomas Berdych (Cze) v (2) Andy Murray (Gbr)
Court 1
13:00: (5) Timea Babos (Hun) & Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) v (10) Raquel Atawo (USA) & Abigail Spears (USA), Serena Williams (USA) & Venus Williams (USA) v (8) Julia Goerges (Ger) & Karolina Pliskova (Cze), Scott Lipsky (USA) & Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) v Henri Kontinen (Fin) & Heather Watson (Gbr)
Court 3
11:30: Melanie South (Gbr) & Anne Keothavong (Gbr) v Jana Novotna (Cze) & Helena Sukova (Cze), Oliver Marach (Aut) & Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) v Juan Sebastian Cabal (Col) & Mariana Duque-Marino (Col), Sergio Casal (Spa) & Emilio Sanchez (Spa) v Henri Leconte (Fra) & Jeff Tarango (USA), Iva Majoli (Cro) & Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spa) v Martina Navratilova (USA) & Selima Sfar (Tun), (14) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pak) & Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) v (15) Robert Farah (Col) & Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger)
Court 8
11:30: Tracy Austin (USA) & Sandrine Testud (Fra) v Barbara Schett (Aut) & Nathalie Tauziat (Fra), (4) Usue Maitane Arconada (USA) & Claire Liu (USA) v (5) Sofia Kenin (USA) & Monika Kilnarova (Cze), Michael Chang (USA) & Mark Philippoussis (Aus) v Greg Rusedski (Gbr) & Fabrice Santoro (Fra)
Court 12
11:00: (1) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) v (5) Denis Shapovalov (Can), (1) Olesya Pervushina (Rus) v (7) Dayana Yastremska (Ukr), (1) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) & Denis Shapovalov (Can) v Youssef Hossam (Egy) & Ergi Kirkin (Tur), Jeremy Bates (Gbr) & Anders Jarryd (Swe) v Todd Woodbridge (Aus) & Mark Woodforde (Aus)
Court 18
11:00: (7) Alex De Minaur (Aus) v (2) Ulises Blanch (USA), (4) Anastasia Potapova (Rus) v (5) Kayla Day (USA), Malene Helgo (Nor) & Ioana Minca (Rom) v (3) Kaja Juvan (Slo) & Iga Swiatek (Pol), (3) Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser) & Casper Ruud (Nor) v (7) Alex De Minaur (Aus) & Blake Ellis (Aus)
Court 19
11:00: Lukas Klein (Svk) & Yosuke Watanuki (Jpn) v (4) Benjamin Sigouin (Can) & Louis Wessels (Ger), Mariam Bolkvadze (Geo) & Caty McNally (USA) v (2) Amanda Anisimova (USA) & Alexandra Sanford (USA), Ulises Blanch (USA) & Vasil Kirkov (USA) v (2) Kenneth Raisma (Est) & Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre), (1) Olesya Pervushina (Rus) & Anastasia Potapova (Rus) v Eleni Christofi (Gre) & Lucie Kankova (Cze)
Roger Federer 3-6 6-6 (3-2) Milos Raonic
Raonic loses the point with a whipped forehand shot from the baseline that crashes straight into the net. He makes his opponent work for the next point though and pushes Federer further and further towards the left with each forehand shot. It eventually proves too much for the Swiss who nets his backhand attempt.
Roger Federer 3-6 6-6 (7-3) Milos Raonic
Federer takes it to set point after some impressive service play coupled with some big forehand shots. It's Raonic who hands him the set though as he approaches the net for a backhand shot but sends his effort glaringly wide of the tramline. Federer takes the set.
*Roger Federer 3-6 6-6 (7-3) 0-1 Milos Raonic
After botching his first serve he struggles with Federer's forehand shot on the second which vounces awkwardly up in front at him. He snatches at it on the backhand but it drops wide of the tramline. Three back-to-back aces (yes, you read that right) takes it 40-15. Federer manages to return the next serve but it sets up Raonic perfectly for a forehand smash from the centre of the court. The Swiss scrambles to his right to meet it but his return lands at the base of the net. Game to Raonic.
History maker.Milos Raonic is the 1st Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam singles final after edging Roger Federer https://t.co/YsMTVBWp6W
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Milos Raonic has made history today to overcome one of the game's greats. His huge-hitting forehands and powerful serves ultimately made the difference. As seen below, Raonic becomes the first Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam final and can expect to face either Murray or Berdych who play next.
Moving on, Murray and Berdych make their way on to the Centre Court for the second semi-final!
The Scot received a huge cheer as he walked out onto a half-empty Centre, as spectators dashed off for a breather after that first semi-final.
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