Wimbledon Men Final Murray on Top
Wimbledon Men Final Murray on Top
****** 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 ******
KEYWORDS: No Feature Today
******** 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
Topics: Andy Murray, men tennis news, Novak Djokovic, Sports, Tennis, Tennis News, Wimbledon, Wimbledon final
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