The background
Andy Murray’s victory in the US Open final over Novak Djokovic has ended British tennis fans 76-year wait for a male Grand Slam singles champion and capped a wonderful summer for the Scot, who won gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Murray’s steely performance in a topsy-turvy, nerve-jangling five-setter put to bed notions that he is a big match bottler, and electrified the Twittersphere.
Read the best comment on Murray’s big win from the key sports commentators here.
The tweets
Okay if the Scots vote for independence who would join me in a raiding party to cross the border to retake Murray?
— Heydon Prowse (@HeydonProwse) September 11, 2012
Andy Murray’s win is another Olympic dividend. Convinced his gold medal was a psychological breakthrough.
— Paul Hayward (@_PaulHayward) September 11, 2012
Made up for @andymurray 1st major. Hopefully, thats the monkey off his back now and he can go on to win a lot more…
— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) September 11, 2012
I can’t get over how good a year 2012 has been for British sport, McIlroy, Murray, Wiggins, Farah & the Olympic medal haul – incredible.
— Neal Mann (@fieldproducer) September 11, 2012
Time to start talking about Andy Murray’s range of polo shirts? #FredPerry
— Nico Hines (@NicoHines) September 11, 2012