Defending Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal booked his place in the semi-finals here Wednesday, overcoming American 10th seed Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. The Spanish world number one, who suffered an injury scare in his fourth round victory over Juan Martin Del Potro on Monday, showed no sign of discomfort as he eased past his Florida-based opponent. Nadal, chasing an 11th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon this week, will now face British fourth seed Andy Murray in Friday’s semi-finals. In the other match, World number four Andy Murray eased into his third successive Wimbledon semi-final with an emphatic 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory against Spain’s Feliciano Lopez on Wednesday. Murray, who has lost in the semi-finals for the last two years, is bidding to become the first British winner of the Wimbledon men’s singles title since Fred Perry in 1936. The 24-year-old remains on course to end 75 years of British misery at the All England Club after demolishing Lopez in just over two hours on Centre Court.
