For a while, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was taking a page out of the book to beat Andy Murray. Play aggressive off the forehand and pressure Nadal. The two stayed on serve throughout the first set. In the first set tiebreak, Murray made a few errors, and Tsonga was able to 7 points to 5. Murray seemed upset at being unable to play solid tennis against Tsonga.
In the second set, Murray got an early break to lead 3-0, but was broken back. They went to a tiebreak which was very tight until Tsonga, on serve, came to net, and let a ball he could have hit go. It landed on the baseline and gave Murray a mini-break and he got another one and eventually secured the second set tiebreak 7 points to 5.
In the third set, Murray seemed to get on top of his game and earned two breaks to take the set, 6-2. By the fourth set, Tsonga looked like his finger or wrist were bothering him. He began to serve and volley on almost every first serve. He also got broken twice. He managed to hold again to 5-2, but Murray came back and took the final game, 6-2, with a bolo punch of a forehand.
Murray reaches the semifinals for the second year in a row, and faces Nadal for the first time (at Wimbledon) since 2008.
