Wait of a nation - Telegraph In the end, it was a bit too British for comfort. After two sets of ruthless efficiency, Andy Murray subsided from brilliance to mere excellence. But still, despite a not-so-brief wobble, it is he, not Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, who will get the chance tomorrow to claim the men's singles title at Wimbledon, in the process breaking one of the oldest curses in sport. Murray has, it is true, not always been everyone's cup of tea: the grim pursuit of perfection is never as exciting as the flamboyant fragility which British tennis has had to put up with for so long. Yet the man from Dunblane is unarguably the best player these islands have produced for many a long year - and if he does triumph, his status as a national icon will be more than assured. Tomorrow, however, Murray must overcome more than the burden of expectation. He must defeat perhaps the most talented human being ever to pick up a racquet. Roger Federer will appear in a record eighth final after rolling back the years to dispatch Novak Djokovic, the top seed and world No 1, in the most sublime style imaginable. In doing so, he will have the chance to match Pete Sampras as the holder of seven Wimbledon titles in the open era, having already equalled Björn Borg's run of five consecutive wins. As for the British, we are not so greedy: we just want the one. Tomorrow, a nation will be praying that Andy Murray can deliver it.