Murray Wins Olympic Gold

Murray Olympic Champion

Andy Murray earned the biggest title of his career with an outstanding victory over Roger Federer in the Olympic men's singles final at Wimbledon today.

Murray beat the world number one in straight sets, 6-2 6-1 6-4, on a fever pitch Centre Court. The 25 year old is the first British man to win the Olympic singles gold medal since Josiah Ritchie in 1908. Murray has never beaten Federer in a best of five sets match and also lost to him in this year's Wimbledon final. Murray's triumph came exactly four weeks to the day since his 6-4 5-7 3-6 4-6 loss to Federer at the All England Club. "It's number one for me, the biggest win of my life," said Murray. "I have had a lot of tough losses in my career and this is the best way to come back from the Wimbledon final."

Murray later faced a second Olympic final in a day, but he and mixed doubles partner Laura Robson could not overcome Belarusian top seeds Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi. They lost 2-6 6-3 10-8 in a champions' tie-break decider and had to settle for silver. Team GB remain third in the London 2012 medal table, with Murray's singles triumph in just an hour and 56 minutes the 16th gold medal of a glorious Games for the host nation

Afterwards he climbed into the stands to celebrate with his girlfriend, family and support team as Federer again missed out on the one accolade missing from his CV. Murray then mounted the podium with Federer and bronze medallist Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, who beat Serbia's Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-4 in an hour and 48 minutes earlier in the day. There were no obvious tears, but it was clear how much this meant to Murray as he sang along to parts of the national anthem and then draped himself in a union jack.