Murray beat Milos Raonic in straight sets to win his third Grand Slam title on Centre Court on Sunday.
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In joining all-time greats Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, Lendl, Raonic’s coaching consultant John McEnroe, Jim Courier, Djokovic and Federer as only the eighth man in the open era to reach the first three grand slam finals of the year, Murray also avoided being the first to lose all three. The Serbian’s loss to Sam Querrey in round three was a huge shock but very likely just a blip given his level of play over the past 18 months and insatiable desire for more titles.
In a game dominated by the likes of Federer, Rafael Nadal and recently by Novak Djokovic for several years now, Murray has seen more defeats that wins.
“I think a few of my team definitely woke up feeling worse than me”, Murray wrote in his BBC column.
The 29-year-old 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 couple of times.
The world number seven added he is confident in his ability to challenge for more major titles in the future. “I feel more motivated than ever just now”. After a long two weeks the celebrations included attending the players’ ball and going out for drinks with family and friends, Murray added.
Murray was named last week in the Great Britain squad for the Davis Cup quarter-final away to Serbia – which begins on Friday on outdoor clay in Belgrade – but will consult with captain Leon Smith before making a final decision today on his participation. Without such a heavy weight of history and national expectation on his shoulders this time, Murray said he was able to enjoy the second win more.
“It’s the most important tournament for me every year”. Obviously, the wins feels extra special because of the tough losses.
A hectic summer comes to an end with the US Open, where Murray has under-performed since winning the title in 2012 and will hope to change that. Some come in their early 20s, some mid 20s.
“I know that he will come back strong because of the player he is”.
“It is different”, said the Scot. “I feel happier this time”.
He said: “After Wimbledon the last time, the few months afterwards, motivation was hard”.
‘I am also aware of how hard these competitions are to win once.
“The focus, and the resetting of the focus if you start to lose it a little bit, is one of the things that (Lendl) helped him enormously with the first time he worked with him”, she said. “Hopefully mine is still to come”.
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“There’s not one thing I’m not going to try to improve”, Reuters reported.
