It was sunny Sunday and the Wimbledon 2013 final. After the early exit of defending champion Federer and 8 time French open champion Nadal it looked like as if it is going to be a dull final. But there was something special about this final like the last year. British hope Andy Murray has come again very close to create history. He was in the final of the Wimbledon for the second consecutive time. Last year Swiss legend Roger Federer defeated Murray in the finals and also broke million of hearts. This time Murray was against the world no. 1 Novak Djokovick and just one step away from the glory.
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| Murray-Djocovick in Wimbledon 2013 Final Match |
Center court was fully packed with the crowd capacity of 15000. The crowd of the final include the Actors Bradley Cooper, Gerard Butler, former Manchester United football team coach Sir A Ferguson, British PM David Cameroon and many other known personalities along with family and WAGs of both finalist. There were number of supporters outside the stadium to watch the finals on the big screen.
It was expected to be a close fight between the finalists as they have same game playing style. The weather was bit too hot at 40 degree Celsius for the tennis match. Murray started the match in incredible fashion winning the first set 6-4 in less than 1 hour taking the lead over the Serbian. Djokovick committed too many unforced errors which helped Murray to take lead in the first set. Looking at the first set it was easily visible was that Murray was much better than the Djokovick.
In 2nd set it got closer and the set was won by the Murray by 7-5. The Serbian tried everything but Murray got better of him. One time the serbian was leading 4-1 to the Murry, but Murray bounced back and made the score 4-4 in no time. It looked like as If Murray got the response for every shot of Djokovick. Murray gave world no.1 no chance to come again and finished the set with 7-5.
In 3rd set Djokovick displayed game of tennis and quickly broke the service and got the lead with 3-1 making it 4-2 in no time. But as it happened all day long Murray came back strongly and equalized the score with 4-4. In next game he broke the serve of Serbian and got the lead with 5-4 just a game away from the championship. While servicing for the game he got 3match points with the 40-0 in favor of him. But the man from Serbia tried his level best to bounce back made the score 40-40. Then Murray saved 3 game points before winning it with the backhand from world no. 1 hitting the net. With this stroke of Djokovick, Murray won his first Wimbledon title.
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| Andy Murray with Mens Wimbledon 2013 Title |
The roar at the ground was enough to indicate that what it meant for the British supporters watching their favorite kid winning the Wimbledon title. Murray said after winning that Wimbledon is the “Pinnacle” of his life. This sentence is more than enough to explain what it means for Andy Murray. Murray became the first British after the Fred Perry to win the Wimbledon in 77 years.
Bartoli wins Ladies Wimbledon 2013
French top seed Marion Bartoli wins the ladies title defeating the German hope Sabine Lisicki in the straight sets. The German who made headlines defeating the top contender Serena Williams and A Radwanska looked quite off color and completely lost in the game. She lost 5 games on the trot in the first set and finally the set too with 1-6. The first set was totally dominated by the Bartoli. In second set too Lisicki looked off color and one time she was trailing 1-4 to the French player. Lisicki tried her level best to fight back but she lost this set 4-6 and also the championship. Bartoli playing in his second grand slam final controlled both his game and nerve to win the match. She finished the match with an Ace and won the championship in 81 minutes.
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| Marion Bartoli - Ladies Wimbledon 2013 Champion |
Mens Doubles
Bryan Brothers of USA won the men’s double championship defeating the team of I Dodig and M Melo.. They defeated Dodig and Melo with the score line of 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-4. With this win now they have 15 grand slams and Olympic gold medal in their kitty. They are the leader in the list of overall winners of the grand slams. They play incredibly good together and they are already the greatest pair of all time. They have won 91 titles in their career, they way they are playing they will definitely win over 100 titles in their career.
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| Bryan Brothers Mens Doubles Wimbledon Champion |
Ladies Doubles
The ladies doubles title of Wimbledon went to the pair of Su-Wei-Hseih and Shuai Peng. They defeated the team of Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua with the scoreline of 7-6 and 6-1.
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| Su Wei Hseigh and Shuai Peng Ladies Doubles Wimbledon Champion |
Mixed Doubles
Mixed doubles title of Wimbledon 2013 went to the Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic who defeated top seeded Bruno Soares and Lisa Raymond. Nestor and Mladenovic won this match with the scoreline of 5-7,6-2,8-6 at the center court.
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| Nestor & Mladenovic Mixed Doubles Wimbledons Champion |
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