Andy Murray (2) broke the streak of 77 winless years for British tennis players at Wimbledon after defeating Novak Djokovic (1) in straight sets. Murray captured the second grand slam title of his career, but more importantly, he finally won at the All English Club. The final score was 6-4, 7-5, 6-4.
It was an intriguing end as two of the game's best tennis players went to four deuces and Murray had four chances to put the match away. Djokovic netted a back hand and Murray took the match. Finally, for Murray, he can set new goals for himself and say he won the tournament he always dreamed of winning.
For the first time in 80 matches, Djokovic lost a match in straight sets. While he showed at times his greatness, with amazing drop shots that had Murray off balance, Djokovic finished with 40 unforced errors.
Murray could have wiped the floor with Djokovic in the first set, but he missed an opportunity to break the Serb in the first game. After breaking Djokovic in the fourth game, he was unable to take the 3-1 and hold his serve. The good news was that Murray was about to win the set as Djokovic continued to commit unforced errors.
With a mixture of aces and Djokovic unforced errors, Murray was able to look like the superior player. Murray had six aces in the first set coupled with 17 winners as Djokovic had issues putting away a couple of easy shots.
Djokovic appeared to be injured heading into the second set as he attempted to slide, but wound up tripping and falling on his wrist. However, at the start of the first game of the second set, Djokovic came out firing, winning his game and taking a quick 4-1n lead, after breaking Murray in the fourth game and holding his serve.
Suddenly, momentum had flipped over to Djokovic's side as the Serb was in complete control in the second set. Trailing against Murray was nothing new to Djokovic as Murray had won the first set in their previous five meetings. After Murray won the sixth game to make it 4-2, Djokovic fell behind 15-40, but rallied back to push for a deuce and at one point even held the advantage. However, Murray played motivated tennis after letting the double-break point escape. Thanks to a couple of wicked passing shots and a Djokovic double-fault, Murray trailed by a point until he tied the match in the ensuing set after a dramatic back and forth.
After both players held serve, Murray broke Djokovic, taking a 6-5 lead as the Scot had taken control. Murray then put away the second set with a booming ace, taking a 2-0 set lead after winning six of the last seven games.
Murray couldn't take advantage of a 2-0 lead in the third set. Djokovic committed a flurry of unforced errors in the first two games, but then Murray couldn't close out the set. Djokovic broke Murray twice to win four straight games.
Murray eventually got his game back after hitting a few passing shots. Djokovic's game wasn't as clean as he continued to commit unforced errors. As a result, Murray came back to tie the set 4-4. Djokovic's drop shot was no longer working as Murray was reading the shot very well. The Serb's serve was broken and Murray took the 5-4 lead.
Murray struggled to put away the match after holding Championship Point three times. However, Djokovic rallied back and held three breakpoints, only to see Murray raise his level of tennis. Murray was in awe after winning the point and he simply couldn't believe he had won the match and the championship.
