Wimbledon Men Final Murray on Top

Written by: on 7th July 2013
Wimbledon Championships
Wimbledon Men Final Murray on Top

epa03779796 Andy Murray of Britain kisses the championship trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men's final for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 07 July 2013. EPA/KERIM OKTEN  |

****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******

 

* Murray gives Britain its Wimbledon champion

* Nestor breaks Slam drought, Mladenovic wins first

****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******

 

Wimbledon

 

Singles – Final: (2) A Murray def. (1) N Djokovic 6-4 7-5 6-4

At last the drought it over.

Don’t let the scoreline fool you. This was a very hard-fought contest — although there were only three sets, it took three hours and nine minutes. But Andy Murray was doing an amazing job of handling Novak Djokovic’s serve — he held Djokovic to four aces, and Murray won 59% of the points on Djokovic’s second serve. On grass. Returning doesn’t get much better than that.

And so, for the first time in three-quarters of a century, Britain has a Wimbledon champion. And, yes, they’ve gone wild over there. Andy Roddick tweeted that Murray might just have earned himself a knighthood.

He certainly has changed the shape of the game. For all that we’ve been talking about the “Big Four” for years, until the last twelve months, it was always three guys with Slams plus Murray. Now, Murray not only has a Slam title, he is actually holding two of them. More than Djokovic. More than Nadal. We finally have four players with multiple Slams to their credit.

Despite the fact that Murray is the only player holding two Slams, he isn’t even close to earning the #1 ranking. Djokovic still holds about a 3000 point lead in the contest for #1. But the race to the year-end #1 is very interesting indeed:

Nadal: 7010.(43-3, 7 titles)

Djokovic: 6060.(36-6, 3 titles)

Murray: 5160.(34-5, 4 titles)

Ferrer: 4290.(41-12, 2 titles)

Federer: 2515.(27-8, 1 title)

Federer, sadly, is out of it. But given the surface mix for the rest of the year, it seems pretty clear we have a three-way contest on our hands. The U. S. Open is going to be very big indeed….

Mixed Doubles – Final: (8) Nestor/Mladenovic def. (1) Soares/Raymond 5-7 6-2 8-6

It was a strange match. The second set took only 23 minutes. But the final set made up for it all. It was quite a way to end Wimbledon!

Especially for Kristina Mladenovic, who continues her ascent in the doubles world by earning her first Slam title. She also put herself in the Mixed Top Ten:

1….Hradecka………2450

2….Huber…………2250

3….Vesnina……….2167

4….Raymond……….1867

5….Mirza…………1800

6….Peschke……….1800

7….Srebotnik……..1717

8….Mladenovic…….1700

9….Gajdosova……..1483

10….Makarova………1083

Incidentally, Lucie Hradecka takes the #1 spot for the first time; she displaces Elena Vesnina, who had been on top since Roland Garros 2012.

In an odd twist, Bruno Soares takes the #1 ranking for men’s Mixed Doubles, knocking off Leander Paes (who had held the top spot for four straight years):

1….Soares………..2517

2….Nestor………..2500

3….Cermak………..2450

4….Paes………….2333

5….Bhupathi………1683

6….Matkowski……..1567

7….Zimonjic………1533

8….BryanB………..1117

9….Tecau…………1067

10….Ebden…………1000

But note Daniel Nestor right on his tail at #2. And Nestor picks up his first Slam title in more than a year, and his first Mixed title since the 2011 Australian Open. After a very disappointing year so far, this must feel really, really good.

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

 

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******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********

 

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Bastad (250/Clay). Defending Champion: David Ferrer

Stuttgart (250/Clay). Defending Champion: Janko Tipsarevic

Newport (250/Grass). Defending Champion: John Isner

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Hamburg (500/Clay). Defending Champion: Juan Monaco

Bogota (250/Clay). Defending Champion: New Event

******** STATS AND FACTS ********

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of July 7, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….12310

2..(2) Murray………….9360

3..(4) Ferrer………….8060

4..(5) Nadal…………..6860

5..(3) Federer…………5785

6..(6) Berdych…………4865

7..(8) Del Potro……….4500

8..(7) Tsonga………….3480

9..(9) Gasquet…………3045

10.(10) Wawrinka………..2915

11.(13) Haas……………2595

12.(11) Nishikori……….2495

13.(12) Cilic…………..2335

14.(14) Tipsarevic………2310

15.(15) Raonic………….2225

16.(16) Almagro…………2195

17.(22) Janowicz………..2154

18.(17) Simon…………..2055

19.(21) Isner…………..1770

20.(20) Monaco………….1740

21.(19) Querrey…………1730

22.(23) Anderson………..1590

23.(28) Seppi…………..1550

24.(24) Dolgopolov………1545

25.(18) Kohlschreiber……1535

26.(25) Chardy………….1486

27.(29) Robredo…………1425

28.(27) Paire…………..1380

29.(31) Dimitrov………..1330

30.(32) Lopez…………..1325

**DRAWS

 

Wimbledon — Week of May 24

WINNER: Andy Murray

…………………3R…………….4R…………QF………SF

1 Djokovic………..(1)Djokovic……Djokovic…….Djokovic…Djokovic..Djokovic

28 Chardy…………(28)Chardy

19 Simon………….Lopez

13 Haas…………..Haas………….Haas

 

9 Gasquet…………(9)Gasquet

21 Querrey………..Tomic…………Tomic

27 Anderson……….(27)Anderson

7 Berdych…………(7)Berdych…….Berdych……..Berdych

 

4 Ferrer………….(4)Ferrer……..Ferrer………Ferrer

26 Dolgopolov……..(26)Dolgopolov

17 Raonic…………Sijsling

16 Kohlschreiber…..Dodig…………Dodig

 

12 Nishikori………(12)Nishikori

23 Seppi………….(23)Seppi……..Seppi

29 Dimitrov……….Zemlja

8 Del Potro……….(8)del Potro…..del Potro…..del Potro..del Potro

 

5 Nadal…………..Kubot…………Kubot………Kubot

25 Paire………….(25)Paire

18 Isner………….Mannarino……..Mannarino

11 Wawrinka……….Brown

 

15 Almagro………..(15)Almagro

24 Janowicz……….(24)Janowicz…..Janowicz…..Janowicz….Janowicz

30 Fognini………..Melzer………..Melzer

3 Federer…………Stakhovsky

 

6 Tsonga………….Gulbis

31 Benneteau………Verdasco………Verdasco…..Verdasco

22 Monaco…………(22)Monaco

10 Cilic………….de Schepper……de Schepper

 

14 Tipsarevic……..Troicki

20 Youzhny………..(20)Youzhny……Youzhny

32 Robredo………..(32)Robredo

2 Murray………….(2)Murray……..Murray…….Murray……Murray….Murray

 

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Djokovic…….lost F (Murray)

2 Murray………WON TOURNAMENT

3 Federer……..lost 2R (Stakhovsky)

4 Ferrer………lost QF (del Potro)

5 Nadal……….lost 1R (Darcis)

6 Tsonga………lost 2R (Gulbis)

7 Berdych……..lost QF (Djokovic)

8 Del Potro……lost SF (Djokovic)

9 Gasquet……..lost 3R (Tomic)

10 Cilic………WITHDREW from 2R

11 Wawrinka……lost 1R (Hewitt)

12 Nishikori…..lost 3R (Seppi)

13 Haas……….lost 4R (Djokovic)

14 Tipsarevic….lost 1R (Troicki)

15 Almagro…….lost 3R (Almagro)

16 Kohlschreiber.lost 1R (Dodig)

17 Raonic……..lost 2R (Sijsling)

18 Isner………lost 2R (Mannarino)

19 Simon………lost 1R (Lopez)

20 Youzhny…….lost 4R (Murray)

21 Querrey…….lost 1R (Tomic)

22 Monaco……..lost 3R (de Schepper)

23 Seppi………lost 4R (del Potro)

24 Janowicz……lost SF (Murray)

25 Paire………lost 3R (Kubot)

26 Dolgopolov….lost 3R (Ferrer)

27 Anderson……lost 3R (Berdych)

28 Chardy……..lost 3R (Djokovic)

29 Dimitrov……lost 2R (Zemlja)

30 Fognini…….lost 1R (Melzer)

31 Benneteau…..lost 2R (Verdasco)

32 Robredo…….lost 3R (Murray)

Bastad — Week of July 8

 

1 Berdych

–bye

Alund

Eriksson (WC)

Qualifier

de Bakker

Souza

8 Troicki

 

4 Robredo

–bye

Ramos

Qualifier

Qualifier

Kavcic

Berlocq

7 Zeballos

 

5 Dimitrov

Ymer (WC)

Volandri

Zopp (PR)

Lorenzi

Qualifier

–bye

3 Monaco

 

8 Verdasco

Vinciguerra (WC)

Struff

Stakhovsky

Hajek

Garcia-Lopez

–bye

2 Almagro

Stuttgart — Week of July 8

 

1 Haas

–bye

Granollers

Gulbis

L Mayer

Andujar

Qualifier

5 Fognini

 

3 Chardy

–bye

Berrer (WC)

Gimeno-Traver

Bautista Agut

Kamker

Montanes

8 Klizan

 

7 Rosol

Bellucci

Hanescu

Tursunov

Qualifier

Davydenko

–bye

4 Paire

 

6 F Mayer (WC)

Qualifier

Mathieu

Monfils

Qualifier

Kern (WC)

–bye

2 Kohlschreiber

Newport — Week of July 8

 

1 Querrey

Smyczek

Mahut (WC)

WIlliams

Kozlov (WC)

Przysiezny

Qualifier

8 R Ram

 

3 Sijsling

Viola

Levine

Sugiya

Russell

Marchenko

Qualifier

7 de Schepper

 

6 Matosevic

Sock

Qualifier

Qualifier

Amritraj (WC)

Cipolla

Ebden

4 Hewitt

 

5 Roger-Vasselin

Karlovic

Kudla

Pospisil

Mannarino

Blake

Harrison

2 Isner

******** SCORES ********

 

SUNDAY

Wimbledon

Singles – Final

(2) A Murray def. (1) N Djokovic 6-4 7-5 6-4

Mixed Doubles – Final

(8) Nestor/Mladenovic def. (1) Soares/Raymond 5-7 6-2 8-6

Boys’ Singles – Final

(6) G Quinzi def. H Chung 7-5 7-6(7-2)

Boys’ Doubles – Final

Kokkinakis/Kyrgios def. Couacaud/Napolitano 6-2 6-3

©Daily tennis news wire

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