After a tense match for the men’s singles finals at Wimbledon, Andy Murray is the straight-sets victor after beating Canada’s Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6, and 7-6 on centre court.
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Instead of gallivanting up the stands through the throng of spectators to hug his nearest and dearest – as he had done in 2013 when he ended Britain’s 77-year wait for a men’s champion – Murray simply slumped into his chair and sobbed into a towel relieved to have ended a 36-month search for a third grand slam title with victory over Milos Raonic.
As ESPN noted, this is the first time that Murray has gone into a Grand Slam final as the higher-seeded player.
Murray was even asked by a reporter during Wimbledon how it felt being Britain’s “last hope”, a question he dismissed by wryly replying, “It’s not that bad, is it?”
“This the most important tournament for me every year”, Murray said after his victory. “I’m proud to have my hands on the trophy again”.
Appearing in his 11th final at the majors, but his first against an opponent other than Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, the Scot put on a Centre Court masterclass.
Murray broke the Canadian’s serve only once in the match. But he added: “I’m going to make sure.to do everything I can to be back here for another chance.There’s nothing I want more than to be back here”.
“It’s a hard challenge, and Andy’s been playing brilliant”, said Raonic.
Murray remained in cruise control, breezing through the tie-break for a two sets lead.
Raonic did carve out his first break points in the fifth game of the third set but Murray saved both.
Murray also took 50 of 65 points he served across the first two sets, not only never facing so much as a break point in that span but only once being taken to deuce.
Andy Murray and Milos Raonic are on serve at the first changeover of the third set in the Wimbledon final. Murray gave nothing away either, making only 12 unforced errors to Raonic’s 29.
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It was that kind of day for the 25-year-old, who struggled with the nerves of being in his first major final.
