Roger Federer Defeats Andy Murray, Wins Seventh Wimbledon Title

History was made at Wimbledon today. Roger Federer proved he is the best player in the world today when he defeated the Cinderella kid Andy Murray in four sets to claim his seventh title.

The pressure couldn’t have been more heavy on Andy Murray, who since his win on Friday to advance to the final, was constantly reminded that the weight of an entire nation was on his shoulders. Britain was in a drought and hadn’t had a Wimbledon champion since 1936 when Fred Perry won. The quiet and reserved Murray avoided the media in preparation for the match but clearly he knew what was at stake Sunday.

Roger Federer was also in a bit of a drought and much like the Women’s champion Serena Williams, the titan of the game was looking to get back on top and restore his dominance as the game’s best player.

Murray jumped out to an early lead, winning the first set and displaying his brilliance — something that has propelled him to the Wimbledon Final. Murray also went up fast in the second set, going up 30-love to start.

But Roger Federer remains one of the, if not the best player in the game today and stormed back at the Brit. Down 3-0love, Federer came back to win the second set, simply out dueling and out lasting Murray who was clearly getting exhausted as the set continued. Federer not only won the second set in a criminally talented way, but he stole back the momentum.

With rain threatening as the third set began, Federer jumped on Murray, but wasn’t able to hold him the way he wanted. Murray tied the set 15-15 and then again at 30-30 proving he could stay in step with Federer. The leads fluctuated greatly through all of the sets in the match with Federer falling behind but then following it up with a gigantic push at Murray that saw Murray falter and look tired.

It seemed Federer would gain even more momentum when the rain delay ended and the roof of Centre Court was closed. Federer, arguably one of the best, if not the best indoor player of all-time, watched in awe as Andy Murray began to dissect him as the set continued indoors.

Both players were aggressively threading the eye of the needle all match long, going for the corners and baselines and making shots with ease.

But in the third set, Murray’s serve percentage dipped under 50 percent for the first time all tournament and that combined with Federer’s dominance indoors was the beginning of the end it seemed.

Murray was behind before he even started the match. He was clearly going up against a giant in the game who happens to be on the top of his game. But the Brit gave it his absolute all in front of a home crowd that made it their business to let him know their appreciation in-between breaks. Centre Court would explode with applause for Murray when he scored a point and fans shouted words of encouragement when he lost one.

“Come on Andy!” and “Andy you can win this!” were shouted numerous times during the fourth set when Murray went down 5-3.

In the fourth set, Murray went up on Federer but the Swiss champ powered back to tie things 40-40 in the eighth game. When Murray won the eighth game of the fourth set, the crowd at Wimbledon became electrified loudly chanting “ANDY! ANDY! ANDY!” when he scored a point. The clearly exhausted Murray, with his back against the wall, got into the game and fully got behind their man like they hadn’t before, cheering and chanting as to stall Federer and give Murray a chance to breathe.

If nothing else, Murray was a winner in the match. He may not have won Wimbledon but you wouldn’t know that if you were in Britain right now.

But the man of the hour is Roger Federer who won his eighth title in four sets to restore himself as the best player in the game today. It was genius Federer out there today and not even the entire nation of Britain could stop him.