Murray in tears after ‘extra special’ Wimbledon triumph

Britain’s Andy Murray put the finishing touch to an nearly faultless fortnight to claim a second Wimbledon title with a 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2) defeat of big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic in the Centre Court sunshine today. “Back surgery was hard and the year after it I found tough”, he said. He’s got the Olympics, Cincinnati and the U.S. Open to return with the kind of championship tennis that has bypassed him in 2016.

The first chink in Raonic’s armour came in the seventh game when Murray went 15-40 ahead.

And while Murray only managed to break Raonic once, to lead 4-3 in the opening set, that was all it took, because the tiebreakers were both one-way traffic.

Querrey, a 28-year-old Californian with a big serve, not only defeated Djokovic, but also appeared in his first major quarterfinal.

He is expected to head to Serbia next week for a Davis Cup quarter-final, having nearly single-handedly won the trophy for Britain a year ago.

Unable to replicate his semi-final heroics against Federer, Raonic – Canada’s first-ever men’s grand slam singles finalist – failed to convert either of his only two break-point chances of the match in the fourth game of the third set.

Murray, the 2013 champion at the All England Club, is looking for his second Wimbledon title and third major. He said he would love to have won more but reminded everyone that the men he’s spent most of his career battling are accorded, by some, to be perhaps the three greatest male players of all time.

Milos Raonic’s run at the 2016 edition of Wimbledon ended at the hands of Andy Murray on Sunday.

When Raonic mis-hit a return on a 96-mph second serve, Murray had the set.

Andy Murray earned the first break of the Wimbledon final.

When Raonic shoved a backhand into the net to end the contest, a delirious Murray roared to the sky before bursting into tears as his latest achievement sunk in.

But with Lendl back in his box, Murray is 12 from 12 on grass and the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to hold the Wimbledon trophy aloft on multiple occasions.

Canada’s Milos Raonic returns a shot during the final.

The Scot pressed repeatedly for another break in the second set but Raonic showed great resilience to take it to a tiebreak, only for Murray to raise his game to a new level.

Too bad he’ll be playing for Scotland in a couple years.

Reid also won the men’s doubles title on Saturday, teaming with Alfie Hewett to beat top-seeded Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer of France 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6).

It was Murray’s 11th Grand Slam final.

RAONIC NET GAME STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS While Raonic has definitely improved his forecourt game, there is still room for improvement if he is to really worry the likes of Murray and world number one Novak Djokovic.