British sport has undergone a renaissance in recent years (post 2007), after what seemed like an eternity in the doldrums we now finally have some pride in the fact that many of our sports stars are top of their respective fields.
We have the top 3 golfers in the world, our cricket team are no.1 in the test rankings, we have had multiple boxing world champions, two of our football teams have won the Champions League, we’ve had two F1 World Champions, the success of our cyclists, I could go on.
However all those achievements would be put into perspective should Andy Murray win Wimbledon today, if he were to it would be the first time a Brit was the last man standing at SW19 since Fred Perry in 1936.
Jonny Marray yesterday showed that the hoodoo can be overcome as he lifted the doubles title, but Murray’s path to glory if far more treacherous.
That’s because the man standing the other side of the net is one of (if not the) greatest tennis player ever to pick up a racquet, I am of course talking about Roger Federer, who is not only trying to add to his record haul of grand slams, but is also trying to tie Pete Sampras by winning 7 Wimbledon’s and return to world no.1.
Not easy, but Murray can do it he does after all have a winning record against Federer, if he can look to take the initiative and his serve holds up the 76 year drought could be ended.
I hope he does win, firstly because we invented tennis so to not have a winner of your home grand slam for over 70 years is a little embarrassing, and because I may have said at the start of the tournament that I thought Federer wouldn’t win another grand slam, only time will tell.
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