10 Things I Learned From Wimbledon 2013
5. Murrays 5 Set Quarter Final
Yes another Murray moment he went into the quarter finals of Wimbledon having eased his way through the opening rounds. With other seeds around him slipping and sliding their way out of SW19 Murray was performing with calm in control performances. The quarter final stage however is where all that precise play fell apart and Murray appeared to sleepwalk into his matchup with Fernando Verdasco.
Verdasco has been beaten plenty of times by Murray in matches and so it seemed Murray would get to his 5th successive Wimbledon semi-final. Like any true British sporting star however Murray wouldnt take the easy victory and was quickly down two sets and staring at a highly embarrassing early exit from the tournament. He was off his game and Verdasco wasnt going to give it easy to Murray attacking the Scot forcing him to make mistakes and lose vital points.
Murray looked on the brink of another Wimbledon disappointment but was able to battle back into the contest taking the next two sets before serving out the match in the deciding set to book his place in the semi-finals. It was a good match probably the best at Wimbledon this year in terms of quality and drama with 5 sets worth of action where both men could have won.
Wimbledon has not had the best quality of matches this year due to it being more a year of shocking defeats rather than epic titanic tussles which is of course good but it meant there were less amazing top seed matchups. So it left this as one of the better matches from this years Wimbledon but it was a brilliant tension filled match that would grace any Grand Slam.