LONDON (Reuters) - Switzerland's Roger Federer had to break yet another record to keep his Olympic dream alive and Andy Murray surfed a wave of British euphoria at Wimbledon on Friday to set up a mouthwatering showdown for a gold medal.
Federer outlasted Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in the longest best-of-three-set set match ever played in men's professional tennis, eventually winning 3-6 7-6 19-17 in four hours 26 minutes to reach his first Olympic singles final.
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