This is an untrue statement. It happened in 2006, I believe. 
ETA: I was right.
And true in 2003. I’m not going further back; it happens regularly, apparently.
For the men, it hasn’t happened since Agassi, Sampras, Becker and Ivanisevich made the semis in 1995. That streak is intact still. 
On a personal note, I learn this morning that I have a lot in common with Andy Roddick.
He was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck and survival was touch and go for a while. The similarities end there, mainly because he can play tennis rather well whereas I didn’t even reach the quarter finals at Wimbledon this year.
Federer is 1-12 to beat Haas, but the clash of the Andys is naturally seen as a touch closer with Murray fancied to win at 1-3. In the womens’ final, Venus is the new favourite at 8-11 with Serena 5-4.
One day I’ll explain the origins of this strange way of expressing odds but, at the moment, suffice it to say that it’s a long tradition which goes back to the early days of horse racing.
So far, Tommy “Burning down the” Haas is holding is own against Federer. 1st set tiebreaker
Well, Roger won and will play for his 15th Major title(20 or 21 total finals this makes, by the way?).
That alone makes the final very interesting to me, no matter which Andy wins today. I’d like to see Roddick try to win another title, really going up against the main man who has prevented him from winning a few. I’d also like to see Murray try to be the first British guy to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry.
Haas didn’t play that badly but Federer was imperious.
Now, here we go. Before Murray, and since 1945, 3 British players have reached 8 semis between them but none of these efforts has resulted in any further progress. Murray’s first objective is to emulate the feat last achieved by Henry ‘Bunny’ Austin in 1938 by reaching the final.
They are still warming up and already the crowd is shouting for Andy.
They are showing Nadal-Federer from last year in America, instead of Murray and Roddick warming up.
Are they about to play?
Actually, the problem is that ESPN only had the rights to the first semi; NBC actively hates its viewers, and would rather show Andy-Andy on tape delay than pre-empt the morning shows. They did the same thing for the Williams-Safina match yesterday.
Unbelievable!
:mad:
Yeah, plus, since the second match is on NBC, I can’t watch it from work on ESPN360.
Is it streaming anywhere so I can watch it now?
For non-Spanish speakers, Murray has just levelled the match by taking the 2nd set. 
I would like to see it too, if for no better reason than so that the commentators won’t constantly remind viewers that no British man has won at Wimbledon since Fred Perry. 
Roddick just served for the 3rd set but didn’t succeed.
He leads 5-4 with Murray to serve. This match is as tight as you like.
I’m stuck listening to this on Wimbledon Radio, but the British announcers sure made that tiebreak just as tense as if I had been watching in on TV. Roddick takes the third.
4-4 in the 4th.
This is the best I’ve seen Roddick play in a long time.
Roddick takes the 4th set tiebreak to win 6-4, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6.
I wish him well against Federer but he’ll be up against it. I think Roger is a shoo-in for the final, just as he would have been against Murray.
Fred Perry is still the man.
Poor Murray. I wonder if he will become this generation’s Tim Henman.
Meanwhile Federer has entered a slam final for the record 20th time and of course if he wins he will win a record 15th slam. This is his sixth consecutive final since the Australian Open of 2008 and before that he reached 10 consecutive finals making it 16 out of 17 finals.
To see just how amazing this is, compare it with Sampras at his peak from 93-98 after removing the French Open. That leaves 18 slams on grass and hard-court but he doesn’t even come close to matching Federer’s consistency missing the quarter-final four times.