WHATEVER the outcome tomorrow in London SW19, Andy Murray has earned his place in tennis and sporting history.
In beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-final he became not only the first British player since Bunny Austin in 1938 to contest a Wimbledon final but the first Scottish player ever to reach such an elevated peak. Hyperbole may be the much-mocked lingua franca of sport but in Murray's case it is appropriate. Quite simply his achievement is awesome.
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