The Briton outclassed Canadian powerhouse Milos Raonic with an imperious 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) victory on Centre Court. He served well. He returned Raonic’s 140-mile-an-hour serves with uncanny consistency. “After I won the first one, I was thinking now I want to win a second one”.
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“A big thank you to all of my team for the hard work they’ve put in to helping me get here, a big thank you to my family too”. “I know that he will come back strong from this because of the player he is”.
The British number one is unlikely to play in Great Britain’s Davis Cup quarter-final against Serbia on Friday following his Wimbledon win.
“If I got to Serbia and don’t play, I would still stay and support the team”. The 25-year-old also managed to deliver just eight aces, compared to an average of 22.8 in his previous six matches at this tournament.
Murray has claimed his second Wimbledon win and the third Grand Slam title of his career. “As soon as I was in control of the rallies, there wasn’t many rallies where I sort of gave up that control”.
Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is refusing to rest on his laurels and has set his sights on challenging Novak Djokovic for the world No1 spot as well as winning two gold medals at the Rio Olympics.
Murray made the most of his chance.
“Ivan’s a leader. That’s important”, Murray said. “The next winners can try it again, but no dancing for me tonight – unless I have had a few glasses of champagne, then it’s possible”.
“There’s not one thing I’m not going to try to improve”.
Murray is unbeaten since reuniting with Lendl, following back-to-back titles at Queen’s Club and SW19.
“I spoke to Leon last night at the [Wimbledon] ball briefly”, Murray told a media conference. But, even if I don’t play, I’m still probably going to go anyway, just to be there with the team.
“I still feel like my best tennis is ahead of me, that I have an opportunity to win more [grand slams]”.
Writing in the Evening Standard today, Jamie said: ‘There was a different feeling when he won it for the first time in 2013 because there had been such a long wait for a British men’s singles champion. ‘Hopefully mine is still to come.
Great Britain’s Andy Murray celebrates with the Wimbledon trophy after winning the men’s final against Canada’s Milos Raonic in London Sunday. The Scot hinted he may not be physically ready for that contest and will speak to Leon Smith, the team captain, about taking part on Monday.
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“I don’t mind failing”, Murray said of his past losses.
