Murray sent packing from Wimbledon
Britian’s defending Wimbledon champion crashes out after a straight-set loss at the hands of Grigor Dimitrov.
Grigor Dimitrov broke British hearts, ending Andy Murray‘s reign as Wimbledon champion with a sublime and serene 6-1 7-6(4) 6-2 victory in the quarter-finals.
The third-seed had confidently marched into the last-eight without dropping a set but his meek abdication on Wednesday left the Centre Court crowd, which included Prince William and his wife the Duchess of Cambridge, stunned into silence.
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The man who had sparked wild celebrations around the country a year ago when he became the first homegrown men’s champion in 77 years, appeared to sleepwalk through a one-sided first set, threatened to fightback in the second and was simply outclassed in the third.
A forehand into the net handed Dimitrov the biggest win of his career and he became the first Bulgarian man to reach the semi-finals of a grand slam tournament.
The 11th-seed will play either top seed Novak Djokovic or Croatian 26th seed Marin Cilic for a place in the final.