Murray then earned a fourth championship point, which he converted after Djokovic netted a backhand to conclude the contest. That was the end of the drop-shots, and now Murray was closing in on his target with cold-eyed intensity. He successfully defended that title, defeating Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the final. He used up all his Hawk-Eye challenges and then started laying into Mohamed Lahyani, the chair umpire, when another Murray slice caught the tiniest sliver of the back of the line.
Murray was showing no holes in his defence as he lunged out wide for the forehand and then rushed across to play the defensive slice on the backhand side. Yet Djokovic has never been known to go quietly. Watch Andy Murray become the 2013 Gentlemen's Singles Champion at Wimbledon following his win against Novak Djokovic. “For me not so much.” After a gracious acceptance of Murray’s superiority, he also admitted that “I wasn’t patient enough – there were many points where I should have waited for a better opportunity.” The trouble, from Djokovic’s perspective, was that he was getting so little change in the long, almost drill-like baseline rallies that made up the majority of the points. Novak Djokovic conceded that Murray was the better player on the day, and that he deserved the title: The 2013 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. Andy Murray wins his first Wimbledon title and ends Britain's 77-year wait for a men's champion with victory over ... Fred Perry was the last British man to win Wimbledon, ... 23:10 9 Jul 2013.
The 2013 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.A significant part of the Djokovic–Murray rivalry, it pitted the world's top two players, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, against each other in a Grand Slam final for the fourth time.. After three hours and nine minutes, second … No tie breaks. Andy Murray happy to share Wimbledon spotlight with fellow Brits: I play well either way ... Andy Murray is aiming to win Wimbledon for the first time since 2013. Andy Murray then tested his serve early, earning three break points before Djokovic reeled off five consecutive points to take the opening game of the match. On the BBC’s broadcast, Andrew Castle was convinced that Djokovic’s focus had evaporated. Murray served out to gain three championship points, but Djokovic saved all of them, thus forcing deuce. Djokovic was out-Murraying Murray with these little deft touches, and Murray’s legs looked heavier and heavier as he now had to move forward and back as well as side to side. Murray once again broke to take a 5–4 lead, thus putting himself in a strong position to serve for the championship. Murray broke once again at 6–5 and once again served an ace on set point to win the second set 7–5 and thus go two sets up. There was always something special about Wimbledon 2013 for Andy Murray. Andy Murray said after the match that he could not believe that he had won Wimbledon: While the influence of the fans is hard to quantify, he definitely feeds off their energy. 1 Novak Djokovic – you might think that he did it the easy way. “The atmosphere was incredible for him,” said Djokovic afterwards. Finally, Djokovic netted a backhand on the fourth match point.
That curly-headed 18-year-old had fulfilled his destiny. Novak Djokovic conceded that Murray was the better player on the day, and that he deserved the title: Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in the final in straight sets to win the 2013 Wimbledon Men Singles title, becoming the first British man in 77 years to do so, and the first Scot of either sex in 117 years to win a Wimbledon singles title. Murray then broke early to take a 2–0 lead in the third set, but then Djokovic won four games in a row to lead 4–2 on serve. After a quarterfinal showing at Indian Wells, where he lost to Juan Martín del Potro in 3 sets, Murray recovered to win the Miami Masters for the second time, defeating David Ferrer in the final. Flicking through his vast database of options, he found one tactic he had yet to try – the drop shot. Djokovic then started to make a comeback as he broke to take a 4–1 lead in the second set, though Murray then won the next three games to level the set at 4–4. From there, neither player managed to break again in that set, with Murray serving out the set to love to take the first set 6–4.