The 29-year-old, who claimed his third major title in all with a straight sets victory against Milos Raonic at SW19 on Sunday afternoon, was true to his word when he said he planned to enjoy his 2016 triumph more than the 2013 version.
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Andy Murray of Britain had won the Wimbledon 2016 men’s final defeating Canadian player Milos Raonic by 6-4, 7-6, and 7-6. But Djokovic retains a huge lead and it would take a highly unlikely set of results for Murray to be within range this year. Playing in an era that hosts three of the all-time greats of tennis in Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic has made reaching the pinnacle of the sport extremely hard for Murray.
“I’d love to get to No1, obviously, but I think a lot of people are forgetting what Novak’s done because he lost in the third round here. If I want to get there, I need to try to win more matches against him”.
But things could change if Djokovic flops at next month’s US Open and season-ending World Tour Finals at the O2 – where he is champion – and Murray wins.
The match was won, though, in the two tiebreaks, where Murray was able to pull away quickly.
The normally aggressive Raonic blamed a passive attitude for some of his problems: “He was playing much better than me off the baseline”.
Williams’ sister Venus moved up one spot to No. 7 after reaching her first major semifinal since the 2010 U.S. Open. I put myself in a position all of the time in these events to win them.
Now the Scot is targeting more Grand Slam glory, saying: “I still feel like my best tennis is ahead of me, that I have an opportunity to win more”.
But he said he was “pumped” for the Rio Olympics.
He told a press conference: “I think being a father doesn’t necessarily make you a better tennis player, but it’s given me extra motivation to work hard and train and make myself a better tennis player”.
And he is the first British man to win multiple Wimbledon titles since Fred Perry in 1934-1936. “I’ve played my best tennis under him”, Murray summarized.
“I got to bed at about 4am and was up at 8am, and I’m happy to report there was no sore head – although maybe a bit of dizziness!” “The last time it was just pure relief, and I didn’t really enjoy the moment as much, whereas I’m going to make sure I enjoy this one more than the others”.
The key to winning for Andy Murray might have been realizing that he could live with losing.
“The day or so afterwards, I was really emotional”.
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Piatti said of the prospect of McEnroe continuing to work with Raonic: “I hope so because it’s good for everybody. That’s what I would like when I finish”.
