The U.S Tennis Association said on Tuesday that the 2009 champion had been granted a pass into this month’s final grand slam of the year at Flushing Meadows in NY. “Physically, it was hard”, he said.
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His comments drew praise from legions of fans on Twitter, among them Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who tweeted: “Yet another reason to love Andy Murray”.
Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray have better chances of winning the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, with defending champion Roger Federer and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic out of competition.
Quoted in the Daily Mail, he said: ” The match against Juan Martin was so up and down, so emotional, physical.
Murray’s win comes five weeks after he claimed his second Wimbledon title and four years after London 2012 success. Until he lost to Del Potro in the first round.
“.without a doubt, it’s been a positive week in all aspects – I’ve played for many hours and the wrist at least didn’t get worse”, Nadal said, reports ESPN.
“I saw Justin Rose win the golf before I came on court and I’d seen Max Whitlock, who I’ve spoken to in the village a few times, win his gold before I left the village”. The Olympic final is being played following the #Grand Slam regulations meaning that for winning a match, a player must win at least 3 sets.
After being the dominant force in men’s tennis for much of the last three years, Djokovic has shown chinks in his game after a surprising third-round loss to Sam Querrey at Wimbledon and an opening-round loss to del Potro at the Olympics. But he told the press that during Sunday’s match, history was far from his mind.
Still Del Potro refused to yield. Delpo! – and he would play a point full of more slashing forehands.
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Murray struggled through the rest of the set, dropping serve twice before fighting back and taking the 12th game with a delightful backhand down the line. But Murray wouldn’t budge. And the Scots prevailed thus securing his second gold medal in a row in men’s singles contest at the #Olympics. With del Potro looking like he was going to take this match to a deciding set, Murray broke back, held serve and, finally, broke again. “Del-po! Del-po!” – a chorus they repeated as he stood on court after the medal ceremony, wearing an Argentine flag like a cape.
