Two months on from the
tears on Centre Court, Andy Murray wakes up today as the Olympic and US Open
Champion 2012 after an epic triumph over Serbian nemesis Novak Djokovic at
Flushing Meadows. The wait is finally over, all 76 years of it since the
legendary Fred Perry became the last Brit to win a tennis Grand Slam singles
event. After 5 final appearances it was beginning to look like Murray was
destined to be the ‘nearly man’ of tennis, particularly with the fluctuating
dominance of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Djokovic showing no signs of
waning. However, buoyed by his Team GB Olympic heriocs, Murray took the fight
to Djokovic from the off, winning the first two sets 7-6 and 7-5 in front of a
gushing crowd which included Scottish legend Alex Ferguson.
One thing we’ve come to
expect from Murray is that he doesn’t do things the easy way. At 2-0 up and
playing exceptional tennis despite the wind-swept conditions, he looked to have
the title wrapped up. However, Djokovic is made from stern stuff and was not
ready to wave the white flag just yet. The brilliant Serb fought back to level
the match at 2-2 with convincing 6-2 and 6-3 set wins. The Murray fans began to
fear the worse, was their man again going to fall at the final hurdle? No!
There is a new found sense of purpose to Murray since the Wimbledon defeat and
he showed he is now truly amongst the elite of men’s tennis by winning the
final set 6-2 to take the title. The 23,000 crowd in the Arthur Ashe stadium
went wild as Murray became a nailed on certainty to win the BBC Sports
Personality of the Year Award. What a year for the Scot who became the first
British man to reach the Wimbledon singles final in 74 years, the first to win
an Olympic gold medal at tennis in 104 years and finally the first to win a
Grand Slam singles title in 76 years. All this in the space of two months! TeamKonkura salutes you Sir Andrew Murray.
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