On June 19, Andy Murray defeated Milos Raonic in London at the Aegon Championships. Murray won the Queens Cup for the fifth time, which is a record setting amount. He hopes this win can propel him to another Wimbledon title.
Raonic did not allow the current World No. 2 to walk away with the title easily. Murray came back to win in three sets 6-7(5-7), 6-4, 6-3.
Throughout the tournament, Raonic won his serve 55 games in a row. In the final match, Raonic was on pace to hold his serve again. After winning the first set, he went up again in the second set, by breaking Murray, 4-1. Once Murray broke Raonic in the second set, the momentum shifted. Murray went on to break Raonic four times. Murray dug deep to find his strength and came back to win the second set and seal the victory in the third. …show more content…
Although Murray has been in numerous finals, he has only won a single Grand Slam title- Wimbledon 2013. He was able to come back in this match, but he seems to struggle in the five set matches when he starts to lose a few games. Most recently against Novak Djokovic in the French Open final, Murray won the first set, but lost the next three after Djokovic broke Murray several times in the second set. Djokovic is arguably the best player in recent history, but as Murray is the second best player, the fans were hoping for a closer match.
If Murray can close out more matches the way he did against Raonic, perhaps Murray can defeat Djokovic in the near future and have more championships to his name rather than continuously being the finalist in Grand
Raonic did not allow the current World No. 2 to walk away with the title easily. Murray came back to win in three sets 6-7(5-7), 6-4, 6-3.
Throughout the tournament, Raonic won his serve 55 games in a row. In the final match, Raonic was on pace to hold his serve again. After winning the first set, he went up again in the second set, by breaking Murray, 4-1. Once Murray broke Raonic in the second set, the momentum shifted. Murray went on to break Raonic four times. Murray dug deep to find his strength and came back to win the second set and seal the victory in the third. …show more content…
Although Murray has been in numerous finals, he has only won a single Grand Slam title- Wimbledon 2013. He was able to come back in this match, but he seems to struggle in the five set matches when he starts to lose a few games. Most recently against Novak Djokovic in the French Open final, Murray won the first set, but lost the next three after Djokovic broke Murray several times in the second set. Djokovic is arguably the best player in recent history, but as Murray is the second best player, the fans were hoping for a closer match.
If Murray can close out more matches the way he did against Raonic, perhaps Murray can defeat Djokovic in the near future and have more championships to his name rather than continuously being the finalist in Grand