Andy Murray ends the Wimbledon drought for Britian

The stage was set. A warm day and absolutely clear,blue sky, the whole world was awaiting the Wimbledon Men’s singles finals. It had the right cocktail of tennis featuring the two top seeds, World number one Novak Djokovic and British number one Andy Murray. Murray had featured in the last 4 grand-slams he had played in. That by itself was an astonishing achievement.

It was supreme quality of tennis that was being played in the first fifteen minutes of the opening set. It was absolutely roulette tennis that was being played. There was an early scare for Dokovic as errors were being made by him. The third game lasted for more than nine minutes.

The early break of serve set the tone for the rest of the set. The whole of the first set was all about punishing, energy-sapping ground-stroke rallies. Just after the break of serve Murray was slightly defensive and Djokovic took complete advantage of that and broke his opponents serve. But eventually Murray was imposing himself and won the opening set 6-4. It took him 59 minutes to win the opening set. Not everything was going Djokovic’s way and Murray was playing some wonderful tennis.

Djokovic was under immense pressure and was making a lot of errors. All in all he had committed 17 unforced errors in the opening set. The first part of the second set was absolutely crucial for Novak. Djokovic was pressing on Murray’s serve early in the second set. Djokovic’s strategy of forcing Murray well behind the baseline and get him defensive was definitely working thus getting him a crucial break.

Its said that the toughest game to hold serve is right after the opponents serve is broken and that was the exact case as Djokovic found himself having to save two break points of his own serve. Getting his A-game on, Djokovic was leading four games to one. Djokovic was diving across the court and was at full stretch from the British number one.

Things were getting heated up as Djokovic was furious at the chair umpire and the linesmen over a few decisions that went against him. Soon enough Murray got a break and it was an extraordinary turn-around as Murray from being 4-1 down was now leading six games to five. Murray definitely had more command over the rallies and was disrupting Djokovic’s harmony. Djokovic had commited a catalogue of errors leading to his downfall. Murray eventually won the second set seven games to five.

Djokovic had started the second set very well but did not close-out well. Murray was striking the ball with much more confidence even in the change of direction. There was terrific speed shown by Murray as he broke in the very first game of the third set.

He held his serve comfortably and tightened his grip on the finals. At this point, Djokovic was clearly struggling making double faults and many unforced errors. Clearly the heat was getting to Djokovic quite literally. Breaking Murray’s serve and holding his serve to love he clearly indicated that he was not out of this match by any means.

Suddenly there were more drop shots being attempted to keep Murray guessing behind the baseline. Djokovic regained his self-belief and errors were being made from Murray’s side of the court. Djokovic was now 4-2 up in the 3rd set of the match.Every game played was a slug-fest.

However, the court-coverage of Murray was absolutely deflating Djokovic and Murray the brit showcasing some remarkable tennis was leading five games to four and was serving for the championship. All Murray had to do was to hold his serve and hold his nerve. He even got the British prime minister out of his seat and the whole center court was going ballistic.

But, Djokovic was not going down without a fight. Murray, who had three championship points were all gone and now, Novak Djokovic had an opportunity to level the game at five each in the third set. What was to come was an emotional roller coaster ride for everyone with Djokovic suddenly playing exceptional tennis.

There was relentless drama at the centre court. Finally, the 77 year-old wait ended as Murray won the third set and the Wimbledon Singles championships. In front of the British Prime Minister, David Cameron and a host of legendary guests, Andy Murray came of age and won the Wimbledon Championship.

The last British Men’s Singles Wimbledon champion was Fred Perry, who also would have been proud seeing Andy Murray clinch this title with sheer skill and test of fitness and stamina. Murray ended the 77 years of futility for British men as he cruised past the world number one Novak Djokovic .