Andy Murray says, “I want to do it for myself” – Tennis News
World number four, Andy Murray, is gunning to power down the sixth ranked Frenchman, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, to reach the final of the Wimbledon Championships. He will be contesting at his home soil in front of the crowd that will
be waiting to see their local hero to reach the final of the Grand Slam Championship and win it for the first time since 1938. No Briton has ever won a Grand Slam Championships for a fraction over seven decades. It is almost a lifetime.
Comparing the head-to-head scores of both players, Tsonga has won just one battle out of six contested; therefore Murray is the clear cut favourite to book a spot in a final. However, the Briton has often choked at the semi-final
stages of the Grand Slam Championships and a lot of critics are hinting at Tsonga being the man of the match instead of the local hero on the eve of Friday at All England Lawn Tennis Club.
Murray’s point of view is, “My game should be in a good place going into the semis. This year’s been one of my toughest draws, so I have had to play some of my best tennis to get here. I don’t want to waste this chance by playing
a stupid match, not acting right or not preparing properly.”
He further added, “When I think about how long it’s been since a British winner, it is obviously surprising and a bit shocking, too.. When I sit out there, I’m thinking about my own history and the matches I’ve played so that I
understand how important it is.”
It is definitely a prime time for the Scot to lead Great Britain to a Grand Slam Championship glory and moreover remove the tag of a no-major winner off his neck. The part of history will be written tonight if the fourth seed Scot
manages to outfox the fifth seed Frenchman. However, the mighty glory will still require Murray to deliver on the eve of Sunday when he will go against the winner of the clash between the two arch rivals, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic; players who share
21 Grand Slam titles between them.
Tsonga will not be a piece of cake but the Briton should win it. It is as simple as that. He has defeated him on five different occurrences before and needs to repeat a similar performance one more time to inch closer to a mega
history making moment.
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