Tennis: Murray's reign as champon ended as Dimitrov made spot in semis

 Wimbledon; Defending champion Andy Murray beatten by Dimitrove in the quarter-final, on Wednesday

Bulgaria's 11 seeded Dimitrov, played a fabulous game to win 6-1 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 in two hours and one minute and reach in semi-final of grand slam for the first time.

Murray had been on 17th consecutive winning smear and was trying to reach his consecutive Wimbledon semi-final.

Dimitrov said he was gratified to get the job done in straight sets. "I am excited and happy to win through in straight sets. It´s never easy against Andy in front of his home crowd but today I was fortunate," He added. "I sensed in the warm up that his game was not at the highest level but I was already confident I could play at a high level and play good tennis."

While the skipper, Murray, said "My start to the match was poor,"  "I started the match badly and I think that gave him confidence.

"I should have done a better job at the beginning of the match of making it tougher for him, and I didn't manage to do that.
"Also, when I got back into the second set, that was my opportunity there."

Murray reign as champion was  over as he could not find his next victory against Dimitrov, who is likely to play against Djokovic in Friday's semi-final.