Andy Murray shares how he actually felt profitable first Wimbledon title

Andy Murray admits his largest reminiscence from profitable his first Wimbledon title in 2013 is “just relief” as a result of he fears he would have been considered a “failure” with out claiming his residence Grand Slam.

The Scot ended the 77-year watch for a British male singles champion on an unforgettable sunny afternoon in SW19.

But after shedding the 2012 closing to Roger Federer, Novak Djkovovic threatened to smash the house script once more when he saved three match factors in an epic closing recreation – after which had three break factors to convey the third set again stage.

The nerve-shredding finale summed up Murray’s fraught profession for all his followers.

But when Serb slapped a backhand into the online on the fourth match level, the Centre Crowd erupted with pleasure – and Murray pumped his fists to the press field in celebration earlier than embracing the gracious Djokovic and kneeling on grass.

He then did a Goran Ivanisevic and climbed into his participant’s field to embrace his then girlfriend Kim, his teaching staff – and his mum Judy. He had adopted in Fred Perry’s footsteps and ended the British jinx at The Championships.

But wanting again on the magical day 10 years later, Murray mentioned his over-riding emotion now will not be pleasure or happiness or jubilation.

“It is just relief,” he smiled. “Probably about five or six days after the final, it started to sink in and I started to enjoy it. I went away on holiday with my wife, we went to Barbados. It was just the two of us who went away. I was able to start processing everything. The few days building up to the final and then the days after the final, I found that all unbelievably stressful and really, really tiring. There was just relief.

“I do genuinely believe that a lot of people would have viewed my career as being a failure had I not managed to win Wimbledon. Yeah, it was sort of one of those things where it was obviously amazing to win Wimbledon but it had almost been built up to me.

“The press played a part in that, the public, myself. It didn’t change anything. My life still stayed the same. I still went back to competing and playing tennis again but I felt like this thing had been built up into something more than what it was. I certainly enjoyed the 2016 win a lot more than 2013.”

Teetotaller Murray, who acquired drunk three years later after his second Wimbledon win, added: “The only part of the 2013 match I have seen since s the last game. I have not watched anymore of it to be honest. I don’t really watch loads of my matches back. That last game, I don’t know how long it was, but it was like 15-20 minutes or something of chaos.

“You know, those matches are long, like the 2012 US Open final was like nearly five hours. Wimbledon in 2013 was close to three hours. Yeah, I don’t really enjoy watching that match.”

But Murray, now 26, has one memento of his largest day. “I have racquets,” he revealed. “I keep one of each racquet that I have used over the years. I have kept one of the racquets that I won the Wimbledon final with.”