MURRAY Mania will sweep the nation today as the Scot attempts to become the first British man to compete in a Wimbledon final for 74 years, when he takes on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

The Dunblane star – who spent yesterday practising with coach Ivan Lendl, above, for his semi-final clash against the Frenchman – said if he had to be likened to a boxer he would pick the unbeaten American Floyd Mayweather. But in Tsonga he is up against a man whose looks remind the world of the young Muhammad Ali – possibly the greatest fighter of all time.

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