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Wimbledon: The best images of Andy Murray's and Roger Federer's matches today

Tennis: Fans of Britain's Andy Murray
The fans at Wimbledon are really making an effort today for Andy Murray's tie with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Top marks to the guys and girls in colour-coded outfits ... not quite so sure about the laminated A4 posters, though
Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
Tennis: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
The first set stays with serve all the way to a tie-break, which the Frenchman wins 7-5
Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP
Tennis: The Championships - Wimbledon 2010: Day Nine
Murray's not best pleased ... He knows the Championship is wide open this year given results in the other half of the draw (more on that later) and it could be tough to come from a set down against the world No10
Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
Tennis: Tennis - 2010 Wimbledon Championships
That's more like it. Growling, fist-pumping Murray is back. The second set is a mirror of the first, albeit with breaks of service. Murray wins the eventual tie-break 7-5. It's now one set apiece
Photograph: Stephen Pond/EMPICS Sport
Tennis: The Championships - Wimbledon 2010: Day Nine
Tsonga's resistance begins to falter thereafter. Murray breaks his opponent after six attempts in game three and goes on to win the set 6-2
Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images
Tennis: The Championships - Wimbledon 2010: Day Nine
The fourth set is a formality. Tsonga, suffering the effects of injury, is beaten 6-2 again and Murray is through to the semis
Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images
Tennis: Tennis - 2010 Wimbledon Championships
... much to the Scot's delight. He'll now face Rafael Nadal for a place in the final
Photograph: Stephen Pond/EMPICS Sport
Tennis: Tennis - 2010 Wimbledon Championships
In the other half of the men's draw, the big-serving Czech Tomas Berdych (top) faced Switzerland's Roger Federer
Photograph: Rebecca Naden/PA
Tennis: tennis
Federer had lost only once in the last eight years at Wimbledon, but was stretched in the first set. Berdych broke him in game seven before claiming the set 6-4
Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP
Tennis: The Championships - Wimbledon 2010: Day Nine
Federer responded early in the second set, breaking back in game two. That handed the Swiss the second set 6-3
Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images
Tennis: Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych plays aga
But the 12th seed dominated Federer and the third set (6-1) and, despite spurning a match point in the fourth set, successfully closed out the tie (6-4)
Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
Tennis: The Championships - Wimbledon 2010: Day Nine
Berdych drops to the floor as the magnitude of his achievement hits him
Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
Tennis: The Championships - Wimbledon 2010: Day Nine
Despite his defeat, Federer remains a crowd favourite
Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images
Tennis: Roger Federer
But the world No2 can't hide his disappointment afterwards. Following an epic period of dominance in the men's game, he's now failed to reach the semi-finals of the last two majors
Photograph: Tom LoveLock/AP
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