Andy Murray through to the semi-finals at Wimbledon

Andy Murray has won his Wimbledon quarter-final 7-5 6-3 6-2 against Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain. Ferrero had been hoping of becoming the first wild-card player to win the Wimbledon men's singles since Goran Ivanisevic famously triumphed in 2001. But the British number one was fully recovered following his epic triumph under the new roof against Stanislas Wawrinka on Monday. Murray treated a capacity crowd in a sun-drenched Centre Court to a decisive display of hitting, pouncing early on Ferrero's serve to take a step closer to ending Britain's 73-year wait for a men's champion. The Scot broke in the 12th game of the opening set when Ferrero double-faulted, but the wily Spaniard, the 2003 French Open champion and former world number one, surged to a 3-1 lead in the second. Murray reeled off five straight games with some gloriously crisp hitting and victory came when Ferrero ballooned a forehand long after 1 hour and 41 minutes. He will play sixth seed Andy Roddick or 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt of Australia for a place in Sunday's final.

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ITN | July 1, 2009

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