2008 US Open – Men's Singles win a Grand Slam title since Fred Perry in 1936, but lost to Federer in the final. Murray would eventually win the title at this event four years later. Rafael Nadal had a chance to win Grand Slams on clay, grass and hard courts in the same calendar year, after having won this year's French Open and Wimbledon, and could have become the first man to win the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open since Rod Laver did it in 1969, but he lost to Murray in the semifinals. This was Juan Martín del Potro's first appearance as a seeded
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