2012 Olympic Men’s Tennis Singles Final: Can Andy Murray Redeem Himself?

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Published: August 5, 2012

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After being the first Briton in 74 years to play in the Wimbledon men’s final last month, this Sunday, Andy Murray will try to become the first British tennis player to win a gold medal at an Olympics since Josiah Ritchie in the 1908 games, which were coincidentally also in London. 

Without losing his serve the entire match and beating former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Murray clinched a spot in the Olympic final, guaranteeing a medal for Great Britain.The 25-year-old Scotsman faces Roger Federer for the coveted gold medal in these Olympics, only a month removed from his crushing loss at the hands of that same opponent at Wimbledon 2012.

“Probably the most emotional match I’ve played,” said Andy Murray in a post-match interview with NBC’s John McEnroe. Andy’s tearful speech after his loss to Federer in the Wimbledon final last month was a moment his country could rally around, and it displayed humility and poise under the collapsing pressure and enormous disappointment of the defeat.

In these Olympics, Murray may have more pressure on him than any other athlete. Other than 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins, and the Great British men’s soccer team, no athlete is cheered for or criticized more often than Andy Murray.

Murray’s country was in full voice Friday, making Centre Court at Wimbledon feel “unbelievable,” and saying that there was a “different atmosphere to Wimbledon,” unlike the traditional tournament, and “this felt more like a concert than a tennis match.”

McEnroe, later in an interview on NBC with Mary Carillo, said that finally the English crowd stopped being “so damn polite” and was “vociferous” with waving flags and “chanting GB.” It finally got Murray “fired up and into it.”

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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