Murray and Raonic go to tiebreaker in 2nd set
Really?! – while getting broken to drop the fourth set.
Two miscues of the sort you’re just not used to seeing from him all that often.
Two moments that even Federer found hard to fathom.
Once seemingly on the verge of a victory that would have given him a record 11th berth in the Wimbledon final, and a shot at an unprecedented eighth men’s championship at the All England Club, Federer lost his way and the match, beaten 6-3, 6-7 (3), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 by sixth-seeded Milos Raonic.
“I think it’s something that we’ve all been working together at”, Raonic said. I’ve got one more match to go now on Sunday. Soon, he was in charge.
Murray also took 50 of 65 points he served across the first two sets, not only never facing so much as a break point in that span but also being pushed to deuce merely once.
Murray got off to a good start and looked comfortable under blue skies at Wimbledon as the match got under way. “I think it’s more of a positive attitude”.
“This one clearly hurts because I felt I could have had it. So close”.
This will be the first time Murray faces someone other than Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer in a slam final, but Raonic showed in his semi-final victory over Federer the threat he possesses.
Andy Murray is looking to pick up another title in his homeland in 2016 Wimbledon Men’s Final on Sunday morning.
“Super Sunday” could round off one of the most successful weekends in British tennis history if fellow Scot Gordon Reid adds the inaugural Wimbledon men’s singles wheelchair title to the doubles he won on Saturday, Jordanne Whiley takes home the silverware in the ladies’ wheelchair doubles and Heather Watson has glory in the mixed doubles.
On the other hand, Raonic knows that he can beat the Scot. The last win of Raonic over Murray happend in 2014 at Indian Wells.
He’ll turn 35 on August 8, and while he did pull off a monumental comeback against Marin Cilic in the quarterfinals, he looked quite vulnerable while losing to Raonic and we still don’t know how badly he might have been injured during a fifth-set fall.
It was Murray’s third successive slam final after losses to Djokovic at the Australian and French Opens but he never allowed the defeats to become too much of a negative. Raonic also defeated American Sam Querrey, who eliminated No. Djokovic in the second round, in four sets. Roger Federer, a seven-time champion, and a10-time finalist. He set up the game with his big serve and finished it with a serve and volley.
He clinched it with a forehand that Berdych could not get back over the net.
“I can’t believe I served a double fault twice”. That’s what really motivates me. “He actually got away from the way I was coaching him when he was younger”, Curtis said. “And he reads the game well”, she said during a break from the champagne celebration after sitting at Centre Court for the final.
“I hope it’s not so bad. I walked it off. I was able to finish”, Federer said.
“Andy tries to get you doing a lot of different things”, Raonic had replied. I don’t ever fall down.
The expectation levels on Murray will be higher than ever before but Lendl does not expect that to make a difference. But I put myself in a position all of the time in these events to win them.
“I remember when I played Jack Sock in the third round, John messaged me and said, “Hey, they want me to call your match”.
Murray’s great friend Ross Hutchins is not surprised to see the partnership bearing fruit again, especially given Murray’s fine form this season.