• Wimbledon, Day 11

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Andy Murray was disappointed after falling at the semi-finals once again. He said: "It's tough. But I'm giving it my best shot, trying my hardest, and that's all I can do. I'm disappointed but normally after four or five days, barring Australia [where he lost in the final and slumped afterwards], I recover quite quickly from losing."

On a crucial forehand he missed early in the second set, he added: "It was a big point. I was playing high-risk tennis most of the match. I went for it today and started to make a few mistakes. You can't talk about a match that goes three hours being decided by one point. Against Rafa you have to go for big shots. I slightly over-hit that one."

Rafael Nadal was delighted to find a way past Murray, although he commiserated with his beaten opponent. He said: "For me, it's a dream to be back in the final. I'm very happy. I feel sad for Murray, I think he deserves to be in this final too. I wish him all the best for the rest of the year. He's a great champion and the only way to beat him is to be really aggressive and play some fantastic shots. He needs lucky, maybe. He was playing fantastic at the beginning, but he made a mistake at the beginning of the second set and that was one of the turning points of the match.

"It's always tough to play against Novak [Djokovic], he's playing fantastic this year and has only been beaten once. I've lost four times already against him but I will try my best, as always."

Novak Djokovic will be the new world No. 1 regardless of Sunday's result after seeing off Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets. The Serbian was understandably delighted with his efforts. He said: "It's difficult to put it into words. My dreams are coming true, it's the first finals of Wimbledon. I'm so happy to be playing well. It's hard to express your emotions in such a short time."

On surpassing Nadal and Roger Federer to become No. 1, the Serbian added: "Both are incredibly consistent with their success and so dominant. They don't give you a lot of chances to be number one. So I guess to get there, you have to lose just one match in seven months!

"There were times in the last two or three years when I was losing most of those important matches at the later stages of the majors against those guys/ I have to say there were times when I questioned myself but I always overcame it. They make you improve. They make you come up with your best tennis."

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga had nothing but praise for the new world No. 1. "I played well, [but] my opponent was just better than me today. I tried to take my chance on every point, but it was tough because he was running everywhere, and I saw the ball come back all the time. He is maybe the best player in the world for the moment.

"I could have beat almost everybody today, but not Djokovic, because he just played unbelievable. He was everywhere. He returns unbelievable all the time on his baseline."

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