Andy Murray follows on from his gold medal at the Olympics to become the first British man to win a major in 76-years. It was 79-years to the day that Fred Perry won his first US Open and now Murray can finally leave Perry's shadow and can even become World Number One by the end of the year.
Murray didn't do it the easy way against Novak Djokovic and it almost looked like it was never going happen when he relinquished a two set lead. The first set just showed how close these two competitors are with it going to a tie-break, with Murray winning it 12-10.
The wind was a major factor throughout the match and it seemed to unnerve the Serb more than the Scot. Murray moved into a 4-0 lead in the second set and it was his set to lose from there. He almost did as it took a 12th game before Murray could finally close it out 7-5 to take a commanding 2-0 lead.
If anyone could still lose a major final from there, you would have argued Murray definitely could. Djokovic wasn't finished either and he regained his composure to take the third set 6-2. Many pundits claimed that this was okay and that Murray would win in four. But Murray's nerves may have slightly got the better of him and Djokovic would take the fourth set 6-3 to force a nail-biting deciding set.
If Murray was suffering from any nerves, it didn't show as he raced into a 3-0 lead. From there, he looked unstoppable and would take the final set 6-2 to break his major duck, with hopes that it is his first of multiple wins.
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