Andy Murray says he celebrated “the most successful day in British tennis history” after he won the men’s singles title for the second time.
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Murray picked up 2,000 ATP ranking points, as well as £2m in prize money, to edge closer to Djokovic, who lost here in the third round but remains 4,845 points clear of the Scot on 15,040.
But after winning for a second time, Andy Murray chose instead to jump straight into a freezing cold ice bath with the 18-inch trophy still firmly clasped in his hands.
“I just need to take a few days off at some stage over the next few weeks because I maybe messed up a little bit previous year”.
‘I can not lose this match!’ Murray screamed at his box in the vague vicinity of recently-reunited coach Ivan Lendl earlier in the tournament. “The emotion is from thinking about the journey since the last time he won a slam and how much work everyone has put in despite all the change and all of the adversity that comes along with it”. Since the pair came back together, Murray has won 27 out of 29 matches.
“Yeah, he was telling everyone it was allergies”. Obviously it will be quite different to the Olympics when it was held here but I’ve loved being involved in the two Olympics that I’ve been at.
“It [reaching No 1] is definitely a goal”, the 29-year-old said “Before when I won here I was sort of motivated exclusively really by the Slams”.
Attention now turns to Great Britain’s Davis Cup tie against Serbia this weekend, with Murray not expected to play for Leon Smith’s team.
“I spoke to Leon last night at the Wimbledon ball”.
The London 2012 Olympic gold medallist said defending his title in Rio next month is his next big priority.
Murray’s primary goal moving forward will be to win more slam titles and, having reached three successive finals, he is hoping to keep his good run going. “Every single day I try to get better to give myself chances to get to these finals”.
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“I don’t want that to be the case this time”. “I think my results for the rest of the tournaments showed that – whereas now I feel a lot more motivated throughout the whole year and at all of the events”. “To do it twice here, an event where there is a lot of pressure on me to perform well here, you know, I’m very proud with how I’ve handled that over the years”.
