ANDY MURRAY HAS won gold for Great Britain in the men’s tennis final at Wimbledon, beating Roger Federer in straight sets in front of a packed Centre Court.
Murray won 6-2 6-1 6-4 against the man that beat him in the Wimbledon final earlier this summer.
The 25-year-old from Dunblane said afterwards that the victory was the biggest of his career as he totally outclassed the world number one.
It was clear from early in the first set that Murray was the fresher of the two players – he broke serve in game six and held for 5-2 with two brilliant aces, before burying a backhand passing shot to seal the set.
Murray broke Federer’s first service game of the second set and saved six break points to make it 3-0, and a double fault played right into Murray’s hands, as he served out the second set with aplomb.
Chants of ‘Murray! Murray!’ rang out and the Scot breached Federer’s serve once again in the fifth game of the third set.
He would make no mistakes, dropping just one further point on his own serve, and sealed the gold with an ace before climbing into the stands to embrace his family.
I know it is February, I know it is the league, I know it is Offaly
@Fergus McGrath: diff
@Fergus McGrath: different tears in Michael Duignan’s eyes this evening
Limerick surely favourites for Liam this year by the looks of things!
@Paddy: you MUST be a hurling genius
@conor murphy: By god I am, having listened to many a Limerick fan over the years, they have me NEARLY brainwashed
@Paddy: limerick favourites? You mad? A munster final and all ireland semi (even though I think there’s more in this side) I’d be happy with for this year
@David Dooley: Excuse me for not making my sarcasm more clear.
@David Dooley: That would be an amazing season for Limerick, I can’t see it happening though..
I was at the game. Limerick were very poor for long periods in the game. The team still appear to be preoccupied with possession hurling from the back( think man city). Offaly got great success from pressing hard in limerick halfback line and midfield area. Limerick weren’t clever enough to recognise this and see the space behind that press and were regularly turned over. The turning points were a missed penalty, soft sending off and 5 pointable frees by iffy.