Olympiad XXX Tennis: Murray Routs Federer For Gold

Somewhat surprisingly, Andy Murray beat Roger Federer 6-2 6-1 6-4 to win the biggest match of his life in just under two hours and secure the Men's Singles Gold Medal at the London Olympics. Murray won his first 5-set match against Federer in great style, breaking the 17-time major champion five times and gliding across the grass like a cat, displaying his improved confidence with newly found aggressive hitting.

Federer had two breakpoints in the very first game of the match and had a look at an easy backhand passing shot after getting a lucky loose let cord, but he hit the tape. Federer would end the match with 9 break points (one less than Murray) but was unable to break the Scot's serve.
Federer did not play badly but Murray was sharper throughout, hitting 27 winners to 17 unforced errors, while his opponent made 31 unforced errors and only 24 winners.

Although this was not technically a major final, 7 games is the lowest total Federer has ever won in a 5-set final.

It will be interesting to see if this newly improved Murray can translate to improved results at future Grand Slam tournaments; The 2012 US Open starts in almost exactly 3 weeks.

The Canada Masters Series tournament, the Rogers Cup, starts tomorrow. MadProfessah will be attending the semifinals and finals in Toronto next weekend.

Juan Martin de Potro won the Bronze Medal by defeating defending Bronze medalist Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-4.

The Bryan Twins won the Men's Doubles Gold Medal 6-4 7-6(2) over the French team of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michael Llodra. The other French team of Julian Benneteau and Richard Gasquet won the Bronze.