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LONDON -- Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga had a nearly impossible act to follow Wednesday on Centre Court: Roger Federers improbable and electrifying comeback from two sets down to Marin Cilic.But then they staged their own mega-melodrama, going the thrilling five-set distance themselves. In the end, with darkness gathering, it was Murray who survived a spirited comeback by Tsonga and held on for a 7-6 (10), 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1 victory.The match ran a nerve-challenging 3 hours, 54 minutes.Murray next gets No. 10 seed Tomas Berdych, a straight-sets winner over Lucas Pouille. Murray has an 8-6 head-to-head record against Berdych but has won the past four matches, losing only one set.It was a great match, Murray said later, and the crowd were unbelievable. They got two pretty good matches, I think.Murray has dominated the No. 12-seeded Frenchman, winning 13 of their career 15 matches and 12 of 13 since 2009.Tsongas a pretty good player, Murray said, laughing, during his off-the-court interview with the BBC. Hes one of the greatest grass-court players in the world. He came up with some great shots. Credit to him for fighting his way back into the match.The only time the mens quarters at a major in the Open era featured two 0-2 comebacks was the 1998 Australian Open. If Tsonga hadnt run out of fuel, it might have happened again.Thus, Murrays quest for a second Wimbledon title remains intact. The 29-year-old is trying to become the first British man to win multiple Wimbledon titles since Fred Perry, who took consecutive titles from 1934 to 36.Before the recent Queens tournament, Murray was reunited with coach Ivan Lendl, an eight-time Grand Slam champion. Together, they have forged a 10-match winning streak, which includes the title in London and five wins here.Truth be told, Lendl appeared unbearably queasy over the last two sets.This will be Murrays seventh Wimbledon semifinal, equaling Novak Djokovic as well as Lendl, tied for sixth all time. There was another slice of history for Murray, too. The win gave him 51 at Wimbledon, tying the great Bjorn Borg.Tsonga, 31, came out firing in the first set. He had benefited from Richard Gasquets retirement after six games in their fourth-round match, giving him almost two days off. In the third round, he survived a 19-17 fifth set and defeated American John Isner.The first-set tiebreaker didnt approach the artistic level of the fourth-set sparkler earlier between Federer and Cilic, but there were more points. Murray fought off three sets points before converting his fourth set point with a sweet backhand volley into the open court.After losing the second set badly, Tsonga came back in the third. He started to find the rhythm on his serve and, finally, converted his third set point. After winning his first 14 sets here, Murray finally was on the losing end.And, in the final quarterfinal to be decided, Murray faced a battle for the first time here this fortnight.Murray got the first break of the fourth set, when Tsonga was serving at 2-3 and pushed a backhand long. Tsonga returned the favor, breaking Murray, who had held a seemingly commanding 4-2 lead. Murray made every effort to break back but Tsonga managed to save three break point and level the set at 4-all. Naturally, Tsonga broke back again and held serve to force a fifth frame.Today was a tough match, Murray said. It would have been very easy to get down on myself after the way the fourth set ended. You also have to be able to play good tennis in the big moments, and we both did that today.Murray, snarling at his box the entire way, raced out to a 5-0 lead and coasted home. An ace at 106 mph ended it.Both players looked exhausted as they tried to defer the honor of shaking the chair umpires hand first.The end of the fourth set was really tough, Murray said. I just tried to use all of my energy at the beginning of the fifth set to get up early and the crowd pumped up.So was the large crowd outside Court No. 1 on Murray Mound when the last shot was struck. Theyll be back on Friday hoping for a repeat performance. With No. 1 seed Djokovic out of the tournament, they are desperately pulling for their British champion.Denver Nuggets Shirts . -- Hunter Smith scored the winner with just 12 seconds remaining in the third period as the Oshawa Generals edged the host Sarnia Sting 5-4 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Custom Denver Nuggets Jerseys . It might not have mattered. 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Organizers say about 1,000 Expos fans, hoping to attract the attention of major league baseballs movers and shakers, packed into the outfield bleachers at the Rogers Centre on Saturday afternoon. The group wore the defunct clubs traditional red, white and baby blue and held up signs promoting their cause. "Our goal is to celebrate the history of the Expos and show that there is still a viable market for it," said Matthew Ross, who runs the website Expos Nation and helped organize the trip. "We do everything we can to drum up nostalgia for the team and at the same time focus on the future." About 200 people made a similar trek to Toronto last season. This year, the group convinced a former player, Bill Atkinson, and manager, Jim Fanning, to attend. Nearly a decade after the Expos left town, theres a small but growing movement to bring a team back to the city. The possibility has become a recurring topic on local talk radio shows and has even influenced Montreal street fashion. The teams logo has become a source of city pride and a statement for young people barely old enough to have seen them play. Ross said the pain of the Expos messy 2004 departure has begun to dissipate. These days, people are more focused on joyful memories, and Expos greats like Andre Dawson, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2010, he said. The Montreal Baseball Project, a group founded a year-and-a-half ago by former Expo Warren Cromartie, is a focal point of the renewed interest in the team. At events around the city over the past year, Cromartie has made his sales pitch for bringing back baseball. "The slogan that I put out there, that I want to continue to put out there, is: Montreal wants baseball back," Cromartie said in an interview. Crromartie pointed to the death of Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, a fan favourite when he played at Montreals Olympic Stadium, as a key rallying point.dddddddddddd Last summer, several former Expos returned to Montreal to pay tribute to Carter and meet with fans. A Montreal street was named after him earlier this year. Cromartie said the revival of the Canadian dollar, more television revenue, the advent of social media and increased revenue sharing in baseball make a team in Montreal a realistic possibility. His group has about $400,000 from the Montreal Board of Trade and private business partners to explore the possibility of bringing a team back. A feasibility study in the works could be ready by September, he said. Even if it doesnt happen anytime soon, Ross believes the city is a viable baseball market under the right circumstances. Its no accident the group chose to attend a game featuring the Tampa Bay Rays, one of the leagues more troubled franchises, he said. In the past few years the team has been rumoured to be on the move and the teams owner recently mused that Montreal was a good baseball market. When asked whether he believed the Expos would ever return, Ross, 35, said it would be "very difficult and very tough." "That doesnt mean that we cant stir the pot a little bit," he said. That strategy appeared to work on Saturday. The event created plenty of buzz on social media, even drawing the attention of political leaders. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, a Montreal MP who attended Expos games with his prime minister father as a child, sent out a series of messages supporting the cause. "Good to see more than 1,000 members of Expos Nation attending the Blue Jays game today," Trudeau wrote on Twitter. "Gone but not forgotten!" Prime Minister Stephen Harper later got in on the act as well, saying on Twitter, "I hope that the efforts of Expos Nation will one day be rewarded with a team in Montreal." ' ' '