Andy Murray wiped away tears of joy after winning the men’s singles title at Wimbledon for a second time.
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Andy Murray of Britain lifts the championship trophy following his win over Milos Raonic of Canada in the men’s singles final of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 10 July 2016.
The 29-year-old player is the first Briton to secure multiple All England Club titles since Fred Perry in the 1930s and only the 12th man to win Wimbledon a few times.
Raonic lost in his first-ever appearance in a Grand Slam final Sunday, falling in three straight sets to Murray.
“The last time it was just pure relief and I didn’t really enjoy the moment as much”. If he had won, Raonic would have been Canada’s first Grand Slam singles champion.
Murray’s serve continued to fire in a competitive second set – although it had dipped quite considerably since the first set, it was enough – and the quality of his passing shot winners continue to leave Raonic the man-mountain immobile.
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It was Nadal who uttered “if you don’t lose, you can’t enjoy the victories”, but that mantra applies best to Murray and his career trajectory up until this point.
The Montenegro-born world number seven was beaten by Murray in the final at Queen’s three weeks earlier, but warned he had bigger tools ahead of the showdown at SW19.
Clearly elated at Murray’s win, the royals met with the sports star and congratulated him on his victory.
“I’m going to try to get fitter, stronger”.
According to the official statistics, Murray made only 12 unforced errors, including two in the second set.
Groundstaff were feeling the strain on the final day of a thrilling tournament, while ticket prices soared for Murray’s masterclass.
Murray came into the tournament after losing to Novak Djokovic in the finals of both the Australian Open and French Open this year.
Finally, at 2-all in the third, Raonic got to 15-40 for his first – and, it turned out, only – break points, thanks to a forehand return victor off an 82 miles per hour second serve.
“If I want to add to three slams, I’m going to have to find ways to win against them”.
The second seed got the upper hand when Raonic netted to go a break down at 4-3, prompting Murray to point his right index finger to his temple while turning around to roar towards his box.
In the third, Murray saved two break points to retain a 3-2 lead but Raonic was still playing his part – absorbing the Brit’s athletic defence and out-foxing him to draw level at 4-4. “I think that is just experience of playing at Wimbledon”.
Murray won the first set 6-4.
Murray’s deep return stance and the pressure he exerts by simply being one of the game’s finest returners impacted Raonic, mind you. But if anyone deserves a break and a spot of fortune in a major final, it’s most certainly Murray.
“Obviously now we have to focus on what the most important thing is to put as much attention as I can because I can’t focus on everything the whole time”.
“He moves incredibly well, he returns well, those are his two biggest strengths”, Raonic said of his opponent. “I’m going to try to get myself back to this position, and try to be better in this position”.
Now two-time Wimbledon champion Murray then had some kind words for the sixth-seeded Canuck.
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“This one is going to sting so I’m going to make sure that as long as these courts are green I’ll do everything I can to be back here for another chance”, the 25-year-old said on court.
