Murray vs Tsonga in Wimbledon 2012 Men's Semifinal Live Online

It's Murray-mania time in the whole United Kingdom. After world no. 4 Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon semi-final for the fourth time in the past four years, all of the kingdom's morning newspapers featured the Scot in the headlines. On Friday, in the second match at Centre Court, Murray will attempt to reach a milestone by gunning for his first ever Wimbledon final against the best player from France in world no. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Watch the Wimbledon 2012 men's semifinal live online stream here.

After Murray beat world no. 5 David Ferrer to book his place in the last four earlier this week, the look of relief and delight that spread over Andy Murray’s face on Wednesday night said it all. Now he could allow himself a little smile. Now he could admit that the draw had opened up for him. Now he did not have to play world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. Ever since Nadal packed his bags and headed for home in the second round, Scotland’s finest has been telling anyone who would listen – and very few would as Andymonium started to build – that the stunning upset made not one jot of difference to him. It would only affect his challenge for the title if he reached the last four – and he did that on Wednesday evening with a lung-bursting marathon of a match to beat David Ferrer 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (4).

That said, the draw has still only opened up a bit: he may not be playing the former champion but he still has to find a way to beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the world No.6, on Friday. It is not as if Rafa left a ticket to the final pinned on Murray’s locker door before he caught the first flight back to Manacor. The fact that Murray leads the Frenchman 5-1 in career meetings will give him some comfort but this is still a Grand Slam semi-final; from now on, the form book means nothing – it is who has the heart and the nerve to take their chances that matters.

Heading into their semifinal encounter, Murray will be the favorite. He leads Tsonga 5-1 in their career head-to-head series, including wins at 2010 Wimbledon and the 2011 AEGON Championships final. Murray is attempting to become the first British man to reach the Wimbledon final since Henry "Bunny" Austin in 1938. The last British man to lift the title was Fred Perry, two years earlier. Murray has a 0-3 record in Grand Slam championship finals losing once at the US Open final and twice at the Australian Open.

Tsonga’s best major championship result came at the 2008 Australian Open, where he finished runner-up to world no. 1 Novak Djokovic. Last year at Wimbledon, he lost to Djokovic in the semi-finals. The last Frenchman to reach the Wimbledon final was Cedric Pioline in 1997. Yvon Petra was France’s last titlist at the All England Club in 1946. Tsonga reached his second straight Wimbledon semifinal into the Wimbledon semi-finals for a second straight year on Wednesday with a hard-fought 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-2 victory over No. 27 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.

Who will reach his first ever Wimbledon final? Watch Wimbledon 2012 men's semifinal live online stream featuring Murray vs Tsonga.