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Sunday, July 7, 2013

Andy Murray ends British drought in rollercoaster win over Novak Djokovic!

Andy Murray looks like he is becoming a regular Grand Slam contender. He has reached the final in the last 3 Grand Slams, and finally ended the 77 year drought for a homegrown winner at Wimbledon on 7/7 in his 7th Grand Slam final. Lucky 7! His opponent Novak Djokovic through the whole sink at Murray, but Djokovic admitted that Murray was the better player today. Having been unable to break Djokovic's serve at the Australian Open final earlier this year, Djokovic was broken 7 times (again with the 7s...) by Murray, while Murray was broken only thrice. In the opening set, neither player was able to convert their break point chances, until Murray finally broke to lead 2-1, before Djokovic broke right back to even the match up at 2-2. However, an uncharacteristic error at 3-3 gave the pivotal break to Murray for a 4-3 lead. The set went with serve and Murray served it out at love to win the first set 6-4. Djokovic then brought back memories of last year's final as he went up 4-1 in the second set. But the momentum swung quickly back into the Brit's favor as he won 8 of the next 9 games to take a 6-4, 7-5, 2-0 lead over Djokovic. But as soon as he looked out of the championship, Djokovic showed why he is world no.1 as he roared back to take 4 straight games and a 4-2 lead in the third set. However, one final momentum swing proved final for the Serbian as Murray won 4 straight games to take the Wimbledon title with a 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 victory in 3 hours and 9 minutes. The last game was a match in itself, as Murray needed four match points (he was up 40-0 before losing it) and saved 3 break points before finally winning a historic final.

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