Roof can help Murray win first Grand Slam title

WIMBLEDON, England - Fred Perry did not need a roof to win Wimbledon but it might help Andy Murray end one of sport's longest droughts.

Murray will play Rafael Nadal on Friday for a place in Sunday's final at the All England Club after defeating France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

With England's footballers already eliminated from the World Cup, the British sporting public has pinned its hopes on fourth-seeded Murray becoming the nation's first men's champion at Wimbledon since 1936.