Andy Murray Beats Djokovic In Straight Sets To Win Wimbledon And End Britain’s 77-Year Drought

Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-4, 7-5, 6-4, to win the Wimbledon Championship at home for the first time in his career. This ends Britain’s 77-year-long drought.

The score looks easier than what transpired on Centre Court. Both players obviously at the end of their endurance fought several long points which included a last minute resurgence by Djokovic, but it was not enough to beat the inspired Brit.

In an uncharacteristic fashion, Djokovic lost the first set 6-4. At that point it looked like Murray would cruise through the match and the Serb looked clearly frustrated with the chair umpire after several calls that didn’t go his way.

Murray on the other hand looked in excellent physical form and used all the tools at his disposal to put himself ahead of the feisty Djokovic.

Fred Perry was the last British man to win Wimbledon when he completed the feat three consecutive years between 1934 and 1936.

Andy Murray ended the long drought for the Brits at home and the crowd was loudly supporting their local hero throughout the entire tournament.

During the post game on court interview Murray commented,

“I understand how much everyone wanted to see a British winner at Wimbledon so I hope you enjoyed it. I tried my best.”

That the public enjoyed it, would be the understatement of the century, literally. The cameras showed crowds gathered not only on Centre Court, but the surrounding areas watching the match and cheering wildly for their hero. He also had a large crowd of supporters watching in his hometown in Scotland.

Murray came back from last year’s heartbreaking finals defeat at the hands of Roger Federer to win his second Grand Slam title. His first Grand Slam was last year’s US Open in which he also beat Djokovic.

The British champion also won the Gold Medal for England at the London Olympics last summer on the same court.

This was the pair’s fourth major final, and third in less than a year. They exchanged many grueling groundstroke rallies, which at times lasted 30 shots or more.

Andy Murray’s victory against Novak Djokovic will go down in history as the beginning of a new era for English tennis at Wimbledon putting those 77 long years behind them at last.

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