Murray reunited with coach Lendl two weeks before Wimbledon and so far they are unbeaten in 10 matches, with the Scot winning his fifth Queen’s title ahead of the championships.
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Dominika Cibulkova’s wedding is on.
And the world number two isn’t just odds-on to make the final: he’s also odds-on to win it already, quoted at 4/7 with most bookmakers.
The attack is believed to be related to the fact Berdych was being coached at the time by Murray’s former assistant coach Dani Vallverdu.
►The run of Long Island’s Scott Lipsky and partner Alla Kudryavtseva in the mixed doubles draw came to an end on Friday, as the pair fell to Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen who advanced to the semifinals with the 6-3, 6-2 victory.
Cilic, a big-serving Croatian, leads the seven-time champion 7-6 (4), 6-4.
The 36-year-old Williams won her first Wimbledon title in 2000, and then added others in 2001, ’05, ’07 and ’08. After reaching the semi-finals of the Rome Masters, it’s clear he is here to stay. After all, there have been three slam semi-final appearances since – twice in Australia and once at the US Open – and a place in the world’s top four which, given the strength of the men’s tour over the past decade or so is no mean feat. Kerber defeated Venus in the semifinals.
Using data from grass-court tennis over the last three years, Murray starts as favourite against Czech semi-final rival Tomas Berdych, against whom he has an 8-6 win-loss career record.
Berdych, the 2010 Wimbledon runner-up Rafael Nadal, will play Lucas Pouille of France for the first time, in the quarterfinals.
Tomas Berdych has played only one Grand Slam final ever. Neither will there be any expletives directed towards Tomas Berdych for having dared to employ a previously out-of-work coach as there was at the Australian Open 18 months ago.
Raonic won the first and fourth sets on Centre Court, while Federer took the second and third.
The set would remain on serve until 4-3, when Berdych committed four unforced errors in his service game to allow Murray the break and a 5-3 advantage.
In Murray’s previous finals at the All England Club, he lost to Roger Federer in 2012 and beat Novak Djokovic a year later.
Six-time champion Serena and five-time victor Venus will be playing on Tuesday for spots in the semifinals.
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The sixth-seeded Canadian converted the only break point of the set in the fourth game on Centre Court.
