Finally! A Briton Wins Queen

FINALLY!

After 70 years of waiting Briton finally has a Queens champion.

Andy Murray has won the AEGON championship in an impressive manner, as he dispatched of American opponent James Blake in straight sets.

The match began with both players delivering solid serves, as they both showed why they deserved to be at the final stage of the tournament. Blake began impressively as he struck with purpose, this left many English fans wondering whether the British no.1 could handle the pressure. But Murray showed just why he is the British no.1 as he displayed exquisite manipulation of the ball, which allowed him to take an early lead.

However the encounter was not over as Blake more than held he’s own against the Scot and eventually took the lead. The American continued with powerful shot after powerful shot and he seemed the better of the two at the time. Murray was clearly facing his biggest challenge of the tournament so far.

Murray managed to make it 5-5 and he finally gained some composure over the match. The pressure intensified and a number of gruelling rallies started to take their toll on Blake as errors started appearing in his game. With Blake making a number of errors Murray had the chance to serve out the set and he did so, taking the set 7-5.

The second set began in a similar fashion to the first as both players were holding their serve. At 2-2 Murray broke going 0-30 up but a combination of the American’s power and the Scot’s own errors lead to the chance quickly vanishing. The two both tried to push on the other’s serve, but it was Murray that once again did that little bit extra to claim the breakthrough at 3-3. At 5-4 Murray made no mistake of delivering the final blow as he won the set 6-4. This was the first time that a Briton had won the title since 1938 and it raised the question can Murray win Wimbledon?