Andy Murray is one of the most decorated and celebrated tennis players of his generation. He’s the only male singles tennis player to win the Olympics twice. He also won the Wimbledon Championships in 2013, in the same venue he had won the Olympics the previous year, and in 2016.
In the 2013 Wimbledon final, Andy Murray faced a Novak Djokovic who had defeated him earlier that year in the Australian Open final. After defeating Djokovic, he became the first British man to lift the Wimbledon title in 77 years.
“It wasn’t easy but you know, obviously, I had an amazing team of people around me supporting me through all of that. I had the crowd’s support. It made a huge difference. Playing at home has an advantage in all sports and I used that that day. Novak also had an off day.”
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Andy Murray’s Second Wimbledon Title
In 2016, Andy Murray returned from the Wimbledon Championships a winner after defeating Milos Raonic in straight sets, needing tiebreaks in the second and third sets to win. This was Murray’s third Grand Slam title after winning the 2012 US Open before the 2013 Wimbledon title.
Andy Murray had started his title charge against fellow Brit, Liam Broady, in the first round. After a straight-sets win, he took down Lu Yen-hsun in the second round. He then defeated John H. Millman in the third round before overcoming Nick Kygrios in the fourth round.
Andy Murray dropped his first set of the tournament against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals. After winning the first set with a tiebreak and the second set fairly easily, the Brit dropped the third and fourth sets, needing a fifth and deciding set to go through.
Murray’s fine form continued against Tomáš Berdych in the semifinal as he won in straight sets to set up the final with Milos Raonic. Raonic had defeated Sam Querrey who had defeated Murray’s 2013 opponent in the final, Novak Djokovic, in the third round.
“2016 was really different. I felt way less pressure and the enjoyment I got out of the win was totally different from 2013. I had an amazing evening that night with all my friends and family properly… 2016 was of the Slams, my favorite one… I don’t remember much of that night, and I did unfortunately vomit in the cab on the way home.”
2016: Andy Murray’s Greatest Year
“I’ve had incredible support and I think all the players here on the court know that you can’t do this on your own; you need a team of people supporting you. The coaches, strength and conditioning team, physios, and in recent years, surgeons, unfortunately. But yeah, I’ve had some amazing people working with me over the years.”
In January of 2016, Andy Murray entered the Australian Open as the second seed. The Brit won six consecutive sets in the first and second rounds against Alexander Zverev and Sam Groth respectively. He dropped the second set of his third-round clash with João Sousa but went on to win the remaining two sets.
Murray then defeated Bernard Tomic, David Ferrer, and Milos Raonic to set up his 31st clash against the Serbian. Although he lost to Djokovic, it was the first of three Grand Slam finals including the French Open and Wimbledon, End of Year ATP Finals, and Olympic finals he played in that year. He also lost the French Open final to Djokovic.
Murray defeated Juan Martín del Potro in the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Rio de Janeiro to be the first male tennis player to successfully defend a singles gold medal in the Olympics. He then went on to defeat Novak Djokovic in the final of the ATP Finals End of the Year tournament. This made him finish the year as world No. 1 for the only time in his career.
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