The Finals was set pitting the 1st Seed Novak Djokovic against the 2nd Seed - Andy Murray.
Andy Murray, was carrying the hopes of the British Isles against Novak Djokovic from Serbia.
As I had commented after the Del Potro match, it was going to be a question about Djokovic's fitness after playing a grueling 5 set match lasting almost 5 hours and the partisan crowd support.
Andy had an easier semi final and was assured of the local crowd support.
However as the match started and progressed it was evident that Djokovic was tired - not fully recovered from his match against Del Potro, his usual sharp stroke play was missing, his service did not have venom and crucial line calls were going against him. He seemed a little frustrated with himself, the linepersons and the chair umpire. This did his tennis absolutely no good.
Murray on the other hand had to hang in there with Djokovic and keep focused on the job in hand. His tactic seemed to be a very simple strategy - let Djokovic make the unforced errors and mistakes. And Djokovic did make unforced error after error. Long rallies usually went to Murray. Nothing was going right for Djokovic. The Tennis Gods it seemed were favouring the Scot.
The final analysis will show that the usually dominant, aggressive and attacking Djokovic did not turn up for the Finals. Making Murray's quest for the elusive title that much easier.
Andy Murray won 6-4, 7-5 and 6-4 in straight sets.
The Finals was not a great match to remember for the quality of its tennis.
It will go down as the Finals where history was made. A Britisher - Andy Murray brought home the Gentlemen's Cup after a gap 77 years. The last person to achieve this feat was the legendary Fred Perry in 1936.
It was a match where to a great extent Andy Murray rode on the support of centre court crowd and the country and he was cheered hysterically and lustily to the end.
Andy Murray, was carrying the hopes of the British Isles against Novak Djokovic from Serbia.
As I had commented after the Del Potro match, it was going to be a question about Djokovic's fitness after playing a grueling 5 set match lasting almost 5 hours and the partisan crowd support.
Andy had an easier semi final and was assured of the local crowd support.
However as the match started and progressed it was evident that Djokovic was tired - not fully recovered from his match against Del Potro, his usual sharp stroke play was missing, his service did not have venom and crucial line calls were going against him. He seemed a little frustrated with himself, the linepersons and the chair umpire. This did his tennis absolutely no good.
Murray on the other hand had to hang in there with Djokovic and keep focused on the job in hand. His tactic seemed to be a very simple strategy - let Djokovic make the unforced errors and mistakes. And Djokovic did make unforced error after error. Long rallies usually went to Murray. Nothing was going right for Djokovic. The Tennis Gods it seemed were favouring the Scot.
The final analysis will show that the usually dominant, aggressive and attacking Djokovic did not turn up for the Finals. Making Murray's quest for the elusive title that much easier.
Andy Murray won 6-4, 7-5 and 6-4 in straight sets.
The Finals was not a great match to remember for the quality of its tennis.
It will go down as the Finals where history was made. A Britisher - Andy Murray brought home the Gentlemen's Cup after a gap 77 years. The last person to achieve this feat was the legendary Fred Perry in 1936.
It was a match where to a great extent Andy Murray rode on the support of centre court crowd and the country and he was cheered hysterically and lustily to the end.
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