Murray wins historic Wimbledon title
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Andy Murray kisses the trophy after he defeated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in the Wimbledon men's singles final. |
Andy Murray ended Britain's agonising 77-year wait for a Wimbledon men's singles champion Sunday when he destroyed world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in the blistering heat of the All England Club.
The 26-year-old became the country's first male winner since Fred Perry in 1936. It was Murray's second grand slam title to follow his breakthrough triumph at the US Open in 2012 which followed his Olympic gold medal.
Both struggled in the stifling 40-degrees heat and the top-seeded Serb, who had beaten Murray in the Australian Open final in January, looked jaded after his record four hour 43-minute semifinal victory over Juan Martin del Potro.
And despite leads of 4-1 in the second set and 4-2 in the third, he was out-hit by Murray who finished with 36 winners to 31, with 21 unforced errors to the Serb's 40 and having carved out 17 break points.
Murray, who has played in the final of his last four majors, had break points in the first and third games, with the Scot finally pouncing on his seventh for a 2-1 lead. Djokovic levelled at 2-2 but Murray was the more aggressive and broke to love for a 4-3 edge.
Murray saved three break points for a 5-3 lead but Djokovic was furious that umpire Mohamed Lahyani had called a ball out at 30-40 while allowing play to continue with the Scot going to deuce. The British second seed took the opener 6-4 after 59 minutes with a love service game, having hit 17 winners to six and with only six unforced errors to the world No. 1's 17.
Djokovic raced into a 4-1 lead but Murray roared back to 4-4. The Serb was becoming frustrated and Murray mugged him for a break to lead 6-5 and went two sets to the good at 7-5.
A break in the second game of the third set gave Murray a 2-0 lead before Djokovic raced away with the next four games for a 4-2 lead. But terrier Murray reclaimed the break in the seventh game and levelled in the eighth.
He finally achieved his place in history when Djokovic netted a backhand after three hours and nine minutes of action.
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