Should be a good 'un - Well done Murray
Well played Murray.Did what he had to.
Don't think AM will be too exhausted from that match either.
It was 5 sets, but a couple were fairly easy for him. He looked pretty fresh at the end.
How is Nole short for Novakdata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
It's just a nickname - think about some English names
Dick for William
Bob for Robert
Mick / Mike for Michael
It's his family nickname which spread to the media
Great match and a not unexpected result. Even at 31 with his powers diminishing, he's still far to good for everyone outside the top 4 but, Federer's slide is now starting to become noticeable in the matches against the very best players like Murray and Djokovic.
A few years ago it would have been unthinkable for Fed to drop service games. Now he doesn't seem to be able to see out matches or hold his serve with any consistency against the top two. Whilst it was a close game on paper, the stats from the game tell the story.
He's still good enough at the moment to carry on but, I just hope that when the time comes for him to hang his racket up, he doesn't linger like an old warrior going out on his shield and end up being beaten by players not fit to tie his laces.
Would be great if he won Wimbledon once more and then called it a day, much like Sampras did after the US Open.
Murray looks good though. Could be a flip of a coin on the final. Both players play exactly the same way and it will come down to mental strength, durability, stamina and fitness.
I'll go for Djokovic in 5 due to his amazing energy, workrate, recovery and court coverage but, it could go either way I feel.
I always thought Dick was short for Richard and Bill was short for William data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Erm - I was still high from the excitement of Murray beating Federer data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Well done Andy, should be a great final.
Interesting role reversal in today's match. If that was one year ago even, you'd just know that Federer would have the mental strength to finish Murray off. Our boy is finally coming good data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7