Great Scot! Andy Murray Wins Gold, Dominates Roger Federer

Just a short while after winning the men’s singles tennis gold medal at the 2012 Olympics, Andy Murray was back in action at Wimbledon, going for a second gold in the mixed doubles final. Murray and Laura Robson faced off against the Belarus mixed doubles team of Max Mirnyi and top women’s singles player Victoria Azarenka. Murray would have to settle for winning one gold medal in front of his countrymen as Belarus prevailed in the final tennis event at the Summer Games.

Murray and Robson had little trouble taking the first set, winning 6-2. In the second set, however, the Great Britain players began to struggle, most notably Robson, who continued to send plenty of returns well wide and out of bounds. Belarus claimed the second set 6-3, sending the match to a gold medal tiebreak.

Is it time to rename Henman’s Hill “Murray’s Mound” on the grounds of Wimbledon?

Exactly five weeks to the day after he lost the Wimbledon finals to Roger Federer, Andy Murray secured some level of redemption Sunday by defeating Federer the 2012 Summer Olympic Men’s Singles Tennis finals in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.

As massive as the women’s singles tennis final on Saturday was, the men’s clash for gold on Sunday at the 2012 Olympics is arguably a lot bigger. Great Britain’s Andy Murray will get a second shot to win at Wimbledon in a month — but he’ll have to beat Roger Federer, who is looking for a Golden Slam, to do it.

Federer is likely to come into the final significantly lower on energy — he required four hours and 26 minutes to beat Juan Martin Del Potro in three sets on Friday — but he has owned Murray of late, winning six of their last eight meetings and both in 2012. The two men are 8-8 against each other overall, but winning Olympic gold might be slightly better than taking the lead in their lifetime series.