Robert MacIntyre vividly remembers watching the final match of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, living and dying with every single shot. Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, the latter of whom MacIntyre called a Scottish ‘Sporting Idol,’ rifled back and forth, entertaining the world on the famous Centre Court grass.
But unlike the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, when he lost to Roger Federer, Murray beat Djokovic, knocking off the top player in the world who currently has a record 24 major titles.
So when Murray won in the third set, thus becoming the first Briton to win Wimbledon since 1936 and end a 77-year drought, MacIntyre and his father celebrated gleefully.
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