The 2013 Wimbledon Championship was the 127 edition of
the Wimbledon Championships. The Championship was started in 24 June and the
finals were played on 7 July. The tournament saw some big surprises and shocks
at the initial stages itself. Defending champion Roger Federer was eliminated
in the second round by Sergiy Stakhovsky. Rafael Nadal also saw an early exit
in the first round.
With the early exit of a few top seeds one would have
given a thought of that there would be a less interest in this year’s
tournament but things were actually not so. With Djokovic and Murray reaching
the finals, both of them made the finals so alive and specially with Murray,
because the history could have been made by winning this tournament.
The prize money for this edition was increased by 40%
than last year to around 34 million $.This was the highest prize money in this
season compared to all other 3 grand slam tournaments i.e., French Open(29m$),
US Open(32m$) and Australian Open(30m$).
On 7 July, history was made when Andy Murray defeated the
world no. 1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-4,7-5,6-4 to become the first
British player to win the Wimbledon men’s singles in 77 years. It was an
exciting match and watching Murray watch to win the sets with several break
point opportunities.
Murray said in his post-final press
conference “Winning Wimbledon, yeah, I still can’t believe it”, “I can’t get my
head around that. I can’t believe it.” He has become a terrific grass court
player. The atmosphere was electrifying with faces like David Cameron, Wayne
Rooney, 2 Wimbledon legends in Rod Laver and Roy Emerson had arrived to watch the game.
This win means a lot for the British player and his countrymen. Here are some
of the memorable pictures of the game.
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