Murray followed with an impressive run at the French Open, battling back from a two-set deficit in the semifinals before succumbing to Djokovic. A few weeks later, he reached the semifinals of Wimbledon, but his hopes of advancing were cut short by the ageless Federer.
Murray's subsequent fourth-round loss at the U. Open not only thwarted his last chance for a major title in , it snapped his streak of 18 consecutive appearances in a Grand Slam quarterfinal. Murray began the season on a strong note, advancing to the Australian Open final before suffering another loss to his nemesis, Djokovic. However, he gained some revenge by defeating Djokovic to claim the Italian Open in May and then sustained his high level of play through the French Open.
With his semifinal win over defending champion Stan Wawrinka, Murray became the first British player to reach the French Open final since However, his bid to add another Slam title fell short when he wound up on the losing end of a blistering Djokovic onslaught once again. In the final, he upended Milos Raonic, the first Canadian man to make it to the Wimbledon final, , 3 , 2.
The victory was Murray's third Grand Slam title. The following month, Murray continued his sterling play by defeating Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro at the Rio Games, making him the first male tennis player to successfully defend his Olympic singles title. Hampered by a lingering hip injury for much of , Murray wound up withdrawing from the U. Open in late summer. He then underwent surgery the following January. Murray returned to competitive tennis in June and was back in Grand Slam action at that year's U.
Open, but struggled to get into a groove post-operation. Just before the start of the Australian Open, Murray announced that his hip was still bothering him and he would likely retire by the conclusion of Wimbledon that summer, if not sooner.
However, after battling through a first-round match that ended in defeat, he suggested he may undergo another operation in an attempt to regain mobility on the court. He eventually had BHR surgery in January They have two daughters, Sophia and Edie. Murray is on the leadership team of Malaria No More UK, a charity that raises funds and awareness to save lives in Africa, and a global ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund.
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Beaten in the first round at Beijing , the Briton atoned with a commanding display on the grass of Wimbledon, the scene of his third Grand Slam final defeat to Federer just a few weeks earlier.
Inspired by his home crowd, the Briton sealed a place in the Olympic final with a semi-final win over number two seed Djokovic. Waiting for him there was his Swiss nemesis, the then world No1. Undaunted, Murray broke serve in the sixth game of the first set and served it out in style. A rare Federer double fault sealed the second set for the home favourite, who then closed out an emphatic , , victory by dropping only a solitary point on his serve in the third. Murray followed up his ground-breaking Olympic triumph by winning his first Grand Slam crown a few weeks later, beating Djokovic in the US Open final.
In doing so he became the first British player to win a major title since Fred Perry in and also gained membership to the so-called Big Four, along with Federer, Rafael Nadal and Djokovic.
At Wimbledon the following year he got the better of the Serb once more, beating him in straight sets in the final to give Great Britain a first home winner since Perry 77 years earlier. Murray began by losing a third Australian Open final, this time to Djokovic, who got the better of him again at Roland Garros, where the British player won through to his first French Open final. That win on home grass set the Briton up for his title defence at Rio , where he achieved yet another career milestone.
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