Numbers game is decided by an unknown variable

HE stared at the heavens.

The tears were in his eyes. This may have been about history. It was certainly about a human being. A Scot will play in the gentlemen singles finals of the 126th Wimbledon. The hard facts are that Andy Murray, 25, from Dunblane, beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 27, of Le Mans, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in two hours 47 minutes on the Centre Court yesterday afternoon.

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