Andy Murray makes history at Wimbledon

Andy Murray has become the first British player in 77 years to win Wimbledon after a 6-4 7-5 6-4 victory over Novak Djokovic.

The Scot followed in the footsteps of Fred Perry’s 1936 title after the huge disappointment of losing last year’s final to Roger Federer.

It was the third time that Murray and Djokovic had faced each other in a Grand Slam final in the past four majors.

And it was Murray who started the game the brighter in a scorching, centre court with his number one seed opponent far from his best throughout the match.

The Brit gathered three break points in the first game but was unable to convert, however he did break at his next opportunity to take an early first set lead.

Djokovic did break back straight away but with the match tied at 3-3 Murray again got to 0-40 and took the chance to get a second break, who then held on to take the first set 6-4.

The Serb looked to have finally started to get a feel for the game in the second set after establishing a 4-1 lead.

However, a lucky netcord allowed Murray with more break points and after a double fault the second set was back on serve.

With the match seemingly not going Djokovic’s way, the 26-year-old soon started to lose his patience and created more unforced errors, to give Murray a break at 6-5 who then duly served out a two set lead.

And it looked as if the match was over from the beginning of the third after the Scotsman took a quick 2-0 lead.

But Djokovic proved resilient and turned the set back on its head breaking Murray twice to lead 3-2.

And the drama continued at the All England Club. Murray found another new gear, playing some of his best tennis to bring the game back to 4-4 before, again, breaking his opponent to have the chance to serve out the championship at 5-4.

Murray soon had three championship points. Djokovic saved all three, who then had three break points. However, Murray showed no sign of choking and fought back to his fourth match point and watched his opponent hit the net with a weak backhand to finally make British tennis history.

Tom Veitch

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