Olympic tennis: Britain’s Murray reaches semis
August 2nd, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Andy Murray moved a step closer to becoming Britain’s first Olympic singles tennis medallist since 1920, reaching the semi-finals with a straight-sets win over Spain’s Nicolas Almagro Thursday.
Murray wrapped up the match in less than an hour, winning 6-4, 6-1 for his third win in four matches against the world No.12.
Murray will face either Serbia’s Novak Djokovic or France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a place in the final with his opponent due to be decided later Thursday.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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