Wimbledon: Day 11

Published July 2, 2011

Defending champion Rafael Nadal reached his fifth Wimbledon final on Friday with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 win over an outclassed Andy Murray, leaving British hopes of a first champion since 1936 in tatters. Top seed Nadal, the winner also in 2008, will take on Novak Djokovic in Sunday's final, the match given an extra edge by the Serb guaranteed to depose the Spaniard from the world number one spot. Second seeded Australian Open champion Djokovic, beaten only once in his last 50 matches, reached his first Wimbledon final with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-2, 6-7 (9/11), 6-3 win over French 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

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