Watching Andy Murray, loose a Grand Slam Final once again without taking a set, was an experience totally at odds with the way he has played in the previous matches, at Melbourne Park. He would have been Scotland’s first singles Grand Slam winner, as would Caroline Wozniaki for Denmark and Na Li for China, so the pressure is of course immense.
However in the UK, which sees itself as the home of many contemporary global sports, arguably the need to win a males singles Grand Slam is greater than elsewhere, Fred Perry was the last well over 70 years ago. Which begs the question is Andy Murray ready to win? At the moment he gets a life outside the Grand Slams for 44 weeks of the year. This would end.
He would become sporting royalty in the UK and be vying with the Royal marriage for story of the year. The UK’s sports Personality of the Year guaranteed, and a, knighthood probably before he is 30. His only chance to lessen the British sporting hysteria would be to win shortly after England have won their other Sporting Holy Grail the soccer world cup. A very slim hope indeed.
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