Britain's Andy Murray returns to Spain's Nicolas Almagro in their men's singles tennis quarterfinal match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the London 2012 Olympic Games (Photo: AP)
British hopeful Andy Murray won his quarterfinal Thursday at the Olympics, delighting a Court No 1 crowd that featured Prince William and wife Kate.
Murray, seeded No 3, became the first men's semifinalist at Wimbledon by beating No 11 Nicolas Almagro of Spain, 6-4, 6-1.
Murray hit 15 aces to one for Almagro and never faced a break point. He had 29 winners and just seven unforced errors.
The Scotsman was runner-up to Roger Federer at Wimbledon last month. His opponent Friday will be the winner of the quarterfinal between No 2 Novak Djokovic and No 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
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