“Like I said earlier, the guys that I’ve been playing against are the best three players of all time potentially”, Murray said.
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Coping with back surgery late in 2013 and then the end of his partnership with coach Ivan Lendl left Murray had a low ebb and he admitted it was a sweet moment to get back to the top at Wimbledon.
Andy Murray has reached his 11th grand slam final with a victory over Tomas Berdych in the semi final at the All England Club.
It will be the 10th meeting between the two players, with Murray leading 6-3.
Tonight she comes up against Angelique Kerber in the women’s singles final.
The American sisters beat eighth-seeded Julia Goerges of Germany and Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (3), 6-4 on No. 1 Court.
Serena and Venus are 13-0 in Grand Slam finals together, including 5-0 at the All England Club.
Andy Murray and Milos Raonic are on serve at the first changeover in the Wimbledon final.
Murray broke Raonic’s serve only once in the match, while the Canadian had some chances in the third set but failed to convert.
Praise came from beyond the bounds of SW19 as well, with Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeting: “Into the Wimbledon final he goes – brilliant Andy Murray!”.
The 34-year-old, who has undergone knee surgery and suffered with back problems this season, took a slip against Raonic and hurt his knee.
After that break, Federer called for a trainer on the changeover and had his right thigh massaged.
Raonic has been taken the distance on two occasions – against Federer and coming back from two sets to love down to beat David Goffin in the third round.
Milos Raonic defeated Roger Federer in Wimbledon 2016 semi final.
The straightforward 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 victory was in stark contrast to the hard-fought quarter-final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and leaves the Scot fresh for Sunday’s showdown with Milos Raonic.
The loss means he remains one title short of the all-time Wimbledon men’s record – he’s still tied with Pete Sampras and 1880s player William Renshaw with seven. Both players committed 2 double faults apiece during the penultimate set.
He also addressed the injury he suffered in the fifth set, slipping as he reached out to combat one of Raonic’s strong forehands. Indeed, this will be his first against a rival other than Djokovic or Roger Federer. Federer was able to save set point heading into the tenth, but drops two consecutive games to Raonic to tie the match at 2-2 after four sets.
At the same time, the number two seed is aware of the threat posed by Raonic. Berdych played a good drop shot, but Murray raced into the net and not only got to the ball but played a superb lob which landed just inside the baseline. In reaching his 11th Slam final, Murray passed Perry’s British record of 10 following the abolition of Wimbledon’s Challenge Round in 1922.
The 25-year-old Raonic, seeded No. 6, became the first Canadian man in history to advance to the final of a Grand Slam tournament.
Raonic wins the first game of a set in the third set, as the pair goes on to split the first six games for a 3-3 tie.
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Berdych was the runner-up to Rafael Nadal in 2010, his only appearance in a Grand Slam final, after beating Federer and Novak Djokovic along the way.
