Andy Murray advanced to the 2013 Wimbledon Final for the second consecutive year after defeating the Pole, Jerzy Janowicz in four sets at the Men's Singles semifinals. With the victory, Murray will receive another chance at grabbing the Wimbledon crown, the first of his career and the first for the country in over 70 years.
The concern for Murray heading into the match was Janowicz powerful serves. However, he was the one creating problems for Janowicz. Murray rose to the occasion smacking 20 aces past the Pole, completely dominating the service game, doubling Janowicz's nine aces.
With the victory, Murray and Novak Djokovic now meet in the finals. This will be the second grand slam meeting of the year for the two as Djokovic defeated Murray in the finals at the Australian Open.
Both players held serve in the first set, forcing a tiebreak. It was here where Janowicz dominance was seen. Murray looked like the weaker player as he couldn't hold his first serve. Janowicz started the tiebreak up 4-0. At this point, it was evident Murray would have to rally another comeback at Wimbledon in order to keep his title hopes alive.
Murray couldn't take advantage of 11 unforced errors by Janowicz in the first set, but he immediately jumped out to a 2-0 lead and broke Janowicz in the set's first game. However, as the unforced errors continued to pile up for Janowicz, Murray once again looked like the dominant player.
Both players held serve following the first game as Murray tied the game.
Janowicz held his first serve in the third set as the match became a best out of three. Murray responded by falling behind 15-40 and then winning five straight points, three of which came on off consecutive aces.
What was surprising about this match was Murray's dominance on serve. Coming into the match, Janowicz led all players in aces as he had totaled 94 through his first five matches of the tournament. After three sets, Murray won that match 14-7.
The aces didn't bother Janowicz as he broke Murray's serve in the fourth game of the match to take a 3-1 lead. He proceeded to hold serve, cornering Murray, taking a 4-1 lead. Murray rallied to win three straight serves consecutive sets to tie the match.
With momentum in his favor, Murray broke Janowicz once again. Murray finished the second set winning and took momentum into the fourth set. However, he was upset about the roof closing as he figured Janowicz would be given the advantage. However, Murray easily crushed the Pole winning the fourth set with ease. Janowicz simply couldn't play clean tennis, committing 43 unforced errors, compared to 15 by Murray.
Will we have a new Wimbledon winner? Murray and Djokovic will slug it out on Sunday at the Finals.
