Brits Get Native Son to Cheer After 74 Years

Andy Murray reaches Wimbledon finals against Roger Federer
By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 6, 2012 2:47 PM CDT
Brits Get Native Son to Cheer After 74 Years
Andy Murray celebrating his win.   (Getty Images)

For the first time in 74 years, a native Brit has climbed his way to the Wimbledon finals. Andy Murray will take on six-time champ Roger Federer on Sunday, reports Bleacher Report. Murray defeated French player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets in today's semifinal. If Federer wins the finals, his seventh victory will tie the modern record held by Pete Sampras. On the women's side, Serena Williams will be heading to her seventh Wimbledon finals tomorrow, playing against Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska. Click for images of classic Wimbledon moments. (More Roger Federer stories.)

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