Former world number one
Andy Murray won his first silverware
after retiring from professional tennis. The 37-year-old is often regarded as
the greatest player from Great Britan in the men’s tennis in the singles
category in the Open era.
Murray, who retired from the sport earlier this year, won
his first silverware, this time in golf. According to Daily Mail, the Glasgow-born
tennis star lifted the title at the British Tennis Journalists' Association's
(BTJA) inaugural Mike Dickson Golf Day.
Murray retired from professional tennis earlier this year
after the Paris Olympics. He finished his career with three Grand Slam titles
to his name. His first major title was the US Open in 2012 when he defeated Serbia’s
legendary tennis star Novak Djokovic in the final in a five-set thriller with a
score of 7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2. He then lifted the Wimbledon title in
2013 after beating Djokovic again in the final, this time in straight sets with
a score of 6–4, 7–5, 6–4. Murray’s third and last Grand Slam title was also Wimbledon
in 2016 where he defeated Canada’s Milos Raonic in the final in straight sets
with a score of 6-4, 7-6, 7-6.
That’s not it as Murray also won two gold medals for his
country at the Olympics. Interestingly, both of those medals came in the
singles category. He won the Olympic gold medal in 2012 after beating former world
number one Switzerland’s Roger Federer in the final in straight sets with a
score of 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. Four years later in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Murray once
again won the gold medal for Great Britain, this time after beating Argentina’s
Juan Martín del Potro in the final of
the singles category event with a score of 7–5,
4–6, 6–2, 7–5.
