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Oh, my! I am still trying to comprehend all that this means for Andy Murray and Great Britain. The seventy six year drought is over. Not since Fred Perry has a British man won the men’s title at Wimbledon. Today, #2 Andy Murray ended that drought in straight sets (yes, straight sets!) with a 6 -4, 7- 5, 6 – 4 victory over #1 Novak Djokovic. I predicted Djokovic, and I was wrong. Congratulations to Andy, Great Britain, his mom, his girlfriend, Ivan Lendl (his coach who never won a Wimbledon himself) and everyone else in the Andy Murray camp. What a different scene from last year, the tearful speech last year after the defeat to the great Roger Federer. (Wonder if Fed is watching this somewhere? I still believe Fed will win another major, or two and so on…) but today belongs to Andy Murray. Djokovic will remain at #1 inspite of today’s loss. Andy Murray remains at #2. David Ferrer moves to #3, Rafael Nadal will be ranked at #4, and heaven help us, Roger Federer will be ranked #5 when the new ATP rankings come out tomorrow. That will all change as the rest of the year goes on. Roger has already announced an increase in his playing schedule. Do not be surprised to see some “equipment tweaks” as well. But today is all about Andy Murray, and his wonderful win at Wimbledon. The temperature was 83 degrees under blue skies (must be nice, in Atlanta, GA it is raining again and some of the most dreadful weather I have experienced in nine years). Andy was not going to lose today, that was evident from the start. After taking the first set, he fell down 1 – 4 to Novak in the second and one had to think, OK, here we go. But no, Andy came roaring back, leveled the set at 4 -4. then 5 – 5, then broke Novak again and went on to hold serve and take the second set 7 – 5. The third set, Andy breaks again and he was not to be denied. He deserved this, as did all of Great Britain. (I love London, I think I could live in London, it it so cool, but at the end of day, give me southern California, I like sunshine everyday!).
What a wonderful win for Andy Murray! I am still trying to digest it all. After the painful loss last year, he comes back to win Olympic gold on the lawns of the All England Club and then goes on to win his first major in New York at the US Open. Now he is the Wimbledon Champion. Really tremendous performance for him and great day for all of those in England who have cheered him on and wished for this moment. Well done Andy! Now we look forward to the hardcourt swing in North America which culminates at the US Open. What will the future hold…gosh, who knows but it is going to be exciting and wonderful to watch! For now…Andy Murray wins Wimbledon!!!
