Andy Murray wasn’t the only Murray who won a Wimbledon title on Sunday.
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The third set too went to a tiebreak after Raonic had missed couple of breakpoints that could have got him some momentum and raise hopes of a comeback.
He stated that playing against Raonic was the biggest challenge of the final because of the different challenges he brings. “So I’ll make sure I enjoy this one tonight, for sure”. Raonic saved match point for the final time with a 40-15 win in the twelfth game. “He’s a leader and I trust in what he says because of the results we had the last time we worked together”, the champion said of the Czech-born American. “I feel like this [2016 Wimbledon Championship] was more for myself more than anything”, said Andy Murray in his post match press conference.
While Raonic has definitely improved his forecourt game, there is still room for improvement if he is to really worry the likes of Murray and world number one Novak Djokovic.
“Obviously it does come down a lot of the time to a few important points”, he said.
In the women’s final on Saturday, Serena Williams finally overcame the finishing hurdle to win her seventh Wimbledon and 22 Grand Slam title overall, thereby tying Steffi Graf’s record.
“I’ve had some great moments but also some tough losses and this win feels extra special because of the tough losses”, Murray said. When he won Wimbledon in 2013, he had overcome the weight of expectations from Great Britain to find a home player holding aloft the title for the first time in 77 years.
His victory over Milos Raonic made it three Grand Slam wins, the third coming three long years after the second on the very same piece of hallowed turf.
“Now I want to spend this time with my family and my closest friends – the people I work with. I m not going to leave any stone unturned”, he said.
Interestingly, when Murray’s first Wimbledon title in 2013 came 12 months after he had given a tearful speech, after losing the Wimbledon final against Roger Federer. “I did that and got results from it”. “I’m not the easiest to deal with but I love them all very much”.
He hit just eight in the final – Murray had seven – while his 29 unforced errors showed nerves affected him in his first grand slam final appearance.
Murray has been in superb form over the last three months, reaching the final of his last five events and winning three of them. Two of those runner-up efforts have come this year in Melbourne and Paris to Novak Djokovic, but with the world No. 1 shocked in the third round, the Scot was installed as new tournament favourite. He played a great tournament and really deserves the title. “Every single day I try to get better to give myself chances to get to these finals”.
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“I’m sure Murray is going to win more slams, there is no question”.
