"Milos can play better. And once again it was Murray who prevailed, winning 7-2 in the tiebreak to wrap up victory in straight sets. Mind you, Murray's deep return stance and the pressure he exerts by simply being one of the game's finest returners impacted Raonic's effectiveness. "It's been fascinating to see why it's taken him so long to get a grip on his emotions when he's playing tennis tournaments. Saving a break chance at 1-1, Raonic wasn't as fortunate at 3-3. Improve my efficiency coming forward. I feel like this was sort of more for myself more than anything, and my team as well. Raonic made immense strides at Wimbledon as he became the first Canadian man to make a grand slam final. "Today is the clearest example yet of what he's had to do the last handful of years. It would have been even better with a win Sunday yet his top weapon, the serve, wasn't firing the way it needed to be against Murray. "Last time it was just pure relief, and I didn't really enjoy the moment as much, whereas I'm going to make sure I enjoy this one more than the others.". He was lucky to get away with a poor, sliced approach at 15-40 but on the next point a similar approach was punished by Murray. "I feel happier this time," Murray told reporters. Read: Serena ties Graf with 22nd slam success, Can Murray catch No. "Murray has more experience than Milos. Raonic would hold an opportunity at 0-15 with Murray serving for the set but in what was a sign of things to come, couldn't win the ensuing point. The athlete that he is, Murray will always try to improve and make up ground in majors on fellow "Big Four" members Djokovic, Federer and Rafael Nadal. He admirably took, though, Murray to another tiebreak. He came through and while he didn't have to confront any of the "Big Four," it would be harsh to suggest he didn't merit the success: This was Murray's third grand slam final of the season. Leading Murray 4-3, once again at 0-15 Raonic erred, this time on a backhand return. "I think Andy did really good returning," said Cash. Both players refused to yield with the third set going into a tiebreak. If he was suffering from nerves at the outset, Raonic sure didn't show it in the first game, holding comfortably as The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge looked on. Murray is, however, visibly calmer with the American around. "But if you hit the marks and spots exactly, it's going to be an ace, so Milos didn't exactly hit the marks. "I was keeping up with him," Raonic told reporters. "Phenomenal" was how he described his two weeks at SW19. Raonic happily saw two break points dissipate at 4-4 -- in a game when Murray repelled a 147 mile-per-hour serve -- and he now had the chance to capture the set. Murray proceeded to race to a 6-1 lead in the tiebreak, playing flawlessly, and Raonic was realistically finished: No man in the Open Era has ever trailed 2-0 in sets in a Wimbledon final and triumphed. He started the 12th game with a backhand miscue and at 15-all didn't do enough with a forehand approach. Leading by two sets to love, Murray opened the third set needing just one more to secure the title. Murray reached the final after defeating Marin Čilić in the semi-finals, and won the title after … Andy Murray won his second Wimbledon and third grand slam title Sunday when he beat debut grand slam finalist Milos Raonic. Murray celebrated his second title win as Centre Court went mad for the British No.1. His coach, Ivan Lendl, is one of only two men to have lost more grand slam finals than Murray's eight but he won a lot, too, picking up eight majors. No.2 seed Murray made the first break of the contest and took the first set 6-4. "I'm going to work on everything," he promised. Raonic -- one of tennis' most thoughtful speakers -- vowed to do all he could to attain the next level. Raonic had extended Murray to five sets in the Australian Open semifinals and then to the maximum three sets in a Wimbledon warmup in London last month. "But then when it counted, I wasn't able to get on top.". When the aforementioned Djokovic -- currently the most dominant men's tennis player on the planet -- was unexpectedly sent packing in the third round by Sam Querrey, the second-ranked Murray became the prohibitive favorite. The world No. ", Raonic's serve "wasn't great," added the Italian. Maybe Ivan is the only one he wants to listen to.". With his victory, the 29-year-old avoided becoming the first man in the Open Era to lose the opening three grand slam finals in a season. Raonic was coming under intense pressure on his own serve but held under a barrage of pressure to take a 5-4 lead in the second set. Lendl had tears in his eyes in the player box when the two-hour, 48-minute tussle concluded; Murray wept into his towel in his chair.

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