2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final through a cross-court forehand winner and the third through a forehand volley winner. Murray then earned a fourth championship point, which he converted after Djokovic netted a backhand to conclude the contest. Murray thus became the first British man since Fred Perry to win the Wimbledon men's singles title. Djokovic, meanwhile, missed his chance to win a second Wimbledon title after his victory over Rafael Nadal in 2011. The chair umpire throughout the match was the Swedish official Mohamed Lahyani. He had previously umpired the record-breaking Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. Andy Murray said after the match that
2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final and Victoria Azarenka, and Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, were also among those who paid tribute. Additionally, BBC Sport writer Tom Fordyce hailed Andy Murray's Wimbledon victory as "the 'holy grail' for British sport". Murray's Wimbledon victory dominated most of the British newspapers ranging from "The Guardian" to "The Daily Telegraph" and "The Daily Mail", among many others. It also even made front-page headlines on Serbia's two biggest newspapers, "Blic" and "Politika", and also dominated the sports sections of "The New York Times" in the United States and Australia's Sydney Morning Herald. 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final The