Wimbledon 2013: Andy Murray Wimbledon Champion

Wimbledon Champion 2013: Andy Murray

Wimbledon 2013: Andy Murray Wimbledon Champion

Fred Perry may have been watching down over SW19 on Sunday 7th July as British No.1 Andy Murray won his first Wimbledon title in magnificent style with a 6-4 7-5 6-4 defeat of World No.1 Novak Djokovic.

The 77 year wait for a British Wimbledon Men's singles champion was finally over and Murray could not have been more impressive.

The experience of tasting defeat in the final twelve months earlier and subsequently winning the Olympics and US Open meant this was a different Murray and on a roasting hot day he always held the edge.

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Wimbledon 2013: Bartoli in dreamland

Wimbledon Champion 2013: Marion Bartoli

Wimbledon 2013: Bartoli in dreamland

It has taken me a long time to get my thoughts down about the 2013 Wimbledon Ladies Singles Final.  I think it is because I am still in a bit of shock.

Marion Bartoli is a Grand Slam champion and in the end a deserved one as the French No.1 played an excellent final.  She did not drop a set during any of her seven matches, something seven-time champion Steffi Graf never achieved but it is fair to say that the legendary German always faced bigger challenges than Bartoli did this year.

But it is not Bartoli's fault that the draw opened up nicely for her and she certainly, and impressively, took full advantage.

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Wimbledon 2013: Day 9, 10, 11 Catch-up!

A Warm embrace between competitors at the end of a tremendous semi-final

Wimbledon 2013: Day 9, 10, 11 Catch-up!

Sadly my second week of Wimbledon has been blighted by ill health and blogging has been a victim of this.  Thankfully i'm just about getting back to full health for Finals weekend; so here is a VERY quick race through the 3 days I missed.

Day 9 - Men's quarter finals

Typically Berdych could not maintain a hot second set patch against Djokovic and let slip a 3-0 double break lead in the second set and the top seeded 2011 champion came through in straight sets.

It looked like the Serb would face David Ferrer in his first semi-final when the Spaniard's opponent Juan Martin Del Potro took a spectacular fall on his injured knee in the first game.  However somehow the giant Argentine made a stunning recovery and played lights out - including two final sensational forehands on the final two points - to see off the fourth seed 6-2 6-4 7-6(7-5).

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Wimbledon 2013 Day 8: Radwanska battles past Li

2012 Finalist Agnieszka Radwanska fought her way past Li Na in a thrilling quarter final

Wimbledon 2013 Day 8: Radwanska battles past Li

And so it came down to eight women on the second Tuesday at the 2013 Championships and so in this most craziest of Wimbledon's I should not be surprised that we have a most unexpected semi-final line-up.

The lone top four seed remaining edged through to her allotted place in the semi-finals as Agnieszka Radwanska got past Li Na 7-6(7-5) 4-6 6-2 in possibly the match of the women's tournament so far.

It swung one way and then the other as Radwanska's court craft matched up against the bigger game of the Chinese No.1.

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Wimbledon 2013 Day 7: Lisicki stuns Williams

At her favourite tournament an emotional Lisicki shocked Williams

Wimbledon 2013 Day 7: Lisicki stuns Williams

Women's singles 

We probably should not have expected anything else. In this most unusual of Wimbledon's that has already seen upset after upset maybe a massive shock to start week two should have expected. 

However the three set defeat of red-hot favourite Serena Williams by 23rd seed Sabine Lisicki sent shock waves around SW19.

The American was on a career best 34 match winning streak, had won her last five tournaments and three of the last four Grand Slam titles - plus the Olympics - and had looked imperious, untouchable throughout week one.  She was the most certain Champion in years and suddenly she was out.

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