It's Federer vs. Murray and a nation
MELBOURNE, Australia - Roger Federer decided the crowd didn't get quite enough value from his semifinal romp over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, so he worked on his comedy routine.
Murray, as the Scotsman is incessantly reminded, will be trying to end a long drought for British men at Grand Slam tournaments when he takes the court Sunday night (late tonight PST).
"I know he'd like to win the first for British tennis since, what is it 150,000 years?" Federer cracked during his courtside interview. "The poor guy who has to go through those moments over and over again."
Reminded later that the dry spell extended only 74 years, Federer smiled.
"Oh," he said. "I missed it by a little bit."