Newsday (N.Y.): Andy Murray rallies to beat Fernando Verdasco and reach Wimbledon semifinals

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Art Spander in Andy Murray, Juan Martin Del Potro, Novak Djokovic, Wimbledon, articles, tennis

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

WIMBLEDON, England — Juan Martin del Potro literally picked himself off the turf. Andy Murray, did it symbolically. Toss in Novak Djokovic's relentless pursuit of perfection and the first male from Poland ever to make Wimbledon's semifinals and you have a dramatic afternoon of a spill, some chills and in the end for the home nation, thrills.

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