In the summer of 2012 Great Britain hosted the Olympic Games and the tennis was played at Wimbledon
- the most famous tennis venue in the world. To the joy of the British public Andy Murray won the event !
He beat the 2012 Wimbledon Champion Roger Federer (to whom he had lost at that year's annual championship) and at last the Scot,
who had lost every Grand Slam final (four) he had previously reached, was The Champion. But more was to come.
Thirty six days later in New York he became the first British male tennis player in seventy six years to win a Grand Slam
event, when he took the US Open title from Novak Djokovic, on Monday September 10th. On that very same day most of Britain's Olympic
teams were being feted on the streets of London in front of tens and tens of thousands of cheering people. Maybe Andy heard them.
Fred Perry was the last British player to win a major, in 1936. Andy is pictured above during his first and third round matches at The Games.
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Below are the final four rounds of the 2012 U.S. Open .
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| FINAL |
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Andy Murray (GBR)
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defeated |
Novak Djokovic (SRB) |
7-6 (12-10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 |
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| SEMI-FINALS |
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| Novak Djokovic (SRB) |
defeated |
David Ferrer (ESP) |
2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 |
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| Andy Murray (GBR) |
defeated |
Tomas Berdych (CZE) |
5-7 6-2 6-1 7-6(9-7) |
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| QUARTER-FINALS |
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David Ferrer (ESP)
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defeated |
Janko Tiparevic |
6-2 6-7(5-7) 2-6 6-3 7- 6 (7-4)
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| Novak Djokovic (SRB) |
defeated |
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)
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6-2, 7-6(7-3), 6-4 |
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| Tomas Berdych (CZE) |
defeated |
Roger Federer (SUI) |
7-6(7-1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 |
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| Andy Murray (GBR) |
defeated |
Marin Cilic (CRO) |
3-6, 7-6(7-4), 6-2, 6-0 |
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FOURTH ROUND (Last 16)
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| Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) |
defeated |
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) |
6-3, 7-6(7-5), 6-2
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Novak Djokovic (SRB)
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defeated |
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
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6-4, 6-1, 3-1 Ret. |
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| Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) |
defeated |
Andy Roddick (USA)
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6-7(1-7), 7-6(7-4), 6-2, 6-4 |
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| David Ferrer (ESP) |
defeated |
David Ferrer (ESP) |
7-5, 7-6(7-2), 6-4 |
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| Andy Murray (GBR) |
defeated |
Milos Raonic (CAN) |
6-4, 6-4, 6-2 |
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| Marin Cilic (CRO) |
defeated |
Martin Klizan (SVK)
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7-5, 6-4, 6-0
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| Tomas Berdych (CZE) |
defeated |
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
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7-6(7-4), 6-4, 6-1 |
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| Roger Federer (SUI) |
defeated |
Mardy Fish (USA) |
Walkover |
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Andy Murray is pictured during his win over David Ferrer at Wimbledon 2012, his longest match of the Championship
and thus every reason for him to blow his cheeks out with the exertion.
However, he still lost the fourth Grand Slam final he had reached thus far in his career. The U.S. event later that year
was to change his fortunes.
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| FINAL |
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Roger Federer (SUI)
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defeated |
Andy Murray (GBR) |
4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 |
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| SEMI-FINALS |
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| Andy Murray (GBR) |
defeated |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
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6-3 6-4 3-6 7-5 |
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| Roger Federer (SUI) |
defeated |
Novak Djokovic (SRB) |
6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3 |
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| QUARTER-FINALS |
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| Andy Murray (GBR)
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defeated |
David Ferrer (ESP) |
6-7(5-7) 7-6(8-6) 6-4 7-6(7-4) |
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| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) |
defeated |
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
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7-6(7-5) 4-6 7-6(7-3) 6-2 |
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| Novak Djokovic (SRB) |
defeated |
Florian Mayer (GER) |
6-4 6-2 6-2 |
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| Roger Federer (SUI) |
defeated |
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) |
6-1 6-2 6-2 |
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FOURTH ROUND (Last 16)
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| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) |
defeated |
Mardy Fish (USA) |
4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 6-4
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Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
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defeated |
Brian Baker (USA)
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6-1 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 |
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| David Ferrer (ESP) |
defeated |
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)
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6-3 6-2 6-3 |
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| Florian Mayer (GER) |
defeated |
Richard Gasquet (FRA) |
6-3 6-1 3-6 6-2 |
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| Andy Murray (GBR) |
defeated |
Marin Cilic (CRO) |
7-5 6-2 6-3 |
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| Novak Djokovic (SRB) |
defeated |
Viktor Troicki (SRB)
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6-3 6-1 6-3
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| Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) |
defeated |
Denis Istomin (UZB)
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6-3 5-7 6-4 6-7(5-7) 7-5 |
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| Roger Federer (SUI) |
defeated |
Xavier Malisse (BEL) |
7-6(7-1) 6-1 4-6 6-3 |
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