Andy Murray became the first British man to capture a Grand Slam single championship after 76 years

Sports Current Affairs 2012. The 76 year old tennis history for Britain was re-written after Andy Murray won the US Open Grand Slam Singles Championship by defeating Novak Djokovic 7-6 (12-10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 on 11 September 2012. Before this, Fred Perry was the British player to win a grand slam in US Championship in the year 1936. Murray also broke an eight match loss streak, by his fellow citizen at Grand Slam Finals. With this win Andy Murray marched ahead on the ranking sheet to be at number three just after Roger Federer and Djokovic.

For Murray, this was the second New York Final in four years; in the first final of 2008 he lost the game against Federer. The 25 year old, recently won Olympic Gold medal in Men’s singles category and a silver medal in mixed doubles category in the 2012 London Olympics. He is the first British player, who won an Olympic Gold medal in hundred years and also the first British to reach in the men’s singles final of Wimbledon in an open era.