Great Scot! Andy Murray Wins Gold, Dominates Roger Federer

Andy Murray Unable To Pull Off Back-to-Back Gold As Belarus Wins Tennis Mixed Doubles Final

Just a short while after winning the men's singles tennis gold medal at the 2012 Olympics, Andy Murray was back in action at Wimbledon, going for a second gold in the mixed doubles final. Murray and Laura Robson faced off against the Belarus mixed doubles team of Max Mirnyi and top women's singles player Victoria Azarenka. Murray would have to settle for winning one gold medal in front of his countrymen as Belarus prevailed in the final tennis event at the Summer Games.

Murray and Robson had little trouble taking the first set, winning 6-2. In the second set, however, the Great Britain players began to struggle, most notably Robson, who continued to send plenty of returns well wide and out of bounds. Belarus claimed the second set 6-3, sending the match to a gold medal tiebreak.

The tiebreak required points wins to 10 and required a win by two points. The two teams kept pace with one another admirably and the race was on to see who would falter first. Ultimately, it was Great Britain who stumbled as Belarus went ahead 7-6, then 8-6. Another wide return from Robson gave Belarus a 9-6 edge. Murray and Robson scratched back to force a third gold medal point, but Belarus claimed the win and the gold medal by winning the tiebreak 10-8.

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Men's Tennis, Gold Medal Final: Andy Murray Defeats Roger Federer In Straight Sets

Is it time to rename Henman's Hill "Murray's Mound" on the grounds of Wimbledon?

Exactly five weeks to the day after he lost the Wimbledon finals to Roger Federer, Andy Murray secured some level of redemption Sunday by defeating Federer the 2012 Summer Olympic Men's Singles Tennis finals in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.

Murray, 25, who simply appeared more agile and energetic than the 30-year old Federer en route to winning the gold, was backed by a slew of Great Britain fans who showed favoritism to the hometown kid.

On gold medal point, Murray aced Federer, and the Center Court crowd erupted to a decibel level perhaps never heard before on the historic tennis arena.

Statistically, Murray's performance was dominating, with only 17 unforced errors to Federer's 31. He also converted five of 10 break point chances and won 80 percent (35 of 44) of his first serves.

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Men's Tennis Gold Medal Final: Andy Murray Wins Second Set Over Roger Federer

Maybe it's a real home court advantage, maybe it's just a tennis player reaching his potential, but Andy Murray is cruising past Roger Federer right now in the Men's Singles Tennis final.

After winning the first set 6-2, Murray won the second set 6-1.

The turning point in the set came when Murray broke Federer's serve in the second game to take a 2-0 lead in the set.

The crowd, perhaps sensing a shift in momentum rose to their feet and began chanting Murray's name, only to have the side judge bring the crowd to a hush. The two players engaged in a back-and-forth third game that ultimately resulted in Murray holding serve after nearly 20 minutes of break points.

From there, Murray continued at a comfortable pace to take a 5-0 lead, yieleding the sixth game to Federer but responding by holding serve in the seventh and deciding game to win the second match by break point.

In this best-of-five format in the gold medal match, Murray is in great position to somewhat redeem himself and his country by winning a final match on Wimbledon's Center Court.

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Men's Tennis Gold Medal Final: Andy Murray Takes First Set From Roger Federer

Andy Murray has the home crowd at Wimbledon's Centre Court fired up as he looked sharp in a strong first set against Roger Federer.

Perhaps Federer is a little bit tuckered out after playing an epic match against Juan Martin Del Potro on Friday. Even if he isn't, he looks a little bit off his game. Fed has volleyed some shots into the net and made a total of ten unforced errors in the first set while Murray had relatively few problems. The Brit broke Federer's serve twice, winning the set's last four games to go from 2-2 to 6-2. Murray's serve hasn't been great - he only hit 42 percent of his first serves - but his forehand has looked good as ever.

Then again, Murray won the first set of the Wimbledon final two months ago on this court, and that ended up with a win for Federer, so starts can be deceiving.

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Men's Tennis, Gold Medal Singles: Roger Federer Wants Golden Slam, Andy Murray Redemption

Andy Murray gets another shot at Roger Federer at Wimbledon, as Federer seeks the coveted Golden Slam.