All rights reserved. At one point Sharapova stretched towards Parliament to return one of Williams’ rocket serves. She was just that good in the final, destroying Sharapova 6-0, 6-1, in a match that took all of 62 minutes. Never mind that the £100 million that one newspaper suggested would be Murray's in victory remains unbanked. Thousands camped overnight in downpours for the right just to stand on the hill and watch the match on the giant screen in the All England Club grounds. “I don’t think I’ve ever danced like that,” says Williams. Even Victoria Beckham's brow appeared to crease with emotion. Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic have all proved themselves beatable recently. Her audience laughs. He played from the off as if not remotely intimidated by the place, occasion or opponent. This is the key to his personality: he is sufficiently certain of his own attributes not to be daunted by reputation. Unlike previous Britons nearing the summit of the nation’s annual tennis fiesta, however, he did not lose because he crumpled under the weight of overexcited national expectation. In the royal box, the Duchess of Cambridge bit her bottom lip. It was his seventh Wimbledon title and seventeenth Grand Slam title. The crowd, suspecting some gamesmanship, booed her, but Williams insists she needed a trip to the loo. Today, Serena was too good. I have them all.”, (MORE: Olympic Parents Become Stars In Their Own Right). The trouble Murray had was that Federer allies all that elegance, grace and touch with a competitive ferocity. For the first time in centre court history, the place rang out to football-style chanting of the home hero’s name. He made few mistakes. Down 3-0 in the second, Sharapova finally held serve. His problem was that he faced a man playing at the peak the game has ever attained, the player who has legitimate claim to be the finest exponent of the craft ever to pick up a racquet. From the moment the finalists returned from a rain break under cover Federer, the most accomplished indoor player in the world, was in his element. But when he comes to hang up his plimsolls, Murray may well look back on this moment as the one in which he did something his waspish detractors have long insisted was impossible: this was the day on which he was finally embraced by the British public. The moment he made Federer duck at the net with a fierce return had the centre court crowd gulping in anticipation that finally the old order was being upset. Never mind that in the royal box there was no need for a wrestling match between David Cameron and Alex Salmond to see who could claim him first as theirs. At times his play at the net was so controlled it was as if he had the ball under hypnosis. With the win, Williams joins Steffi Graff as the only women to earn the “golden slam” – singles titles in all four majors, plus the Olympics. “Oh, God, no,” says Williams, when asked if she was insulted, noting the wind. We've got three copies of the official Men's Wimbledon 2012 Singles Final DVD and three copies of the 2012 Wimbledon Official Film to give away "Ladies and gentlemen, the runner up: Andy Murray.". The stark words echoing across Centre Court at 6.20pm on Sunday were clearly not the ones that the thousands who had chanted his name here, the millions watching at home, or indeed the man himself had wanted to hear. Sharapova challenged, but the scoreboard confirmed what everyone already knew. No shame: Andy Murray's battling defeat to Roger Federer should be a source of pride, Government blasts Project Big Picture's 'backroom dealing' and threatens immediate review of football regulation, China threatens to invade Taiwan and parades one of its citizens as a 'spy', Spectre of negative rates sends a chill through Britain's banks, Italian farmer on tiny volcanic island inundated with offers after appealing for volunteer helpers.
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