It was the agony not the ecstasy that made Murray a champion
He looked almost numb. Later, he said he was shocked, and
his post-final interview on the court of major was in stark contrast to his previous
one, at Wimbledon two months ago. Whereas there he had been unable to hold all
of the emotion in, here he kept it together. Was he still in match mode,
keeping everything under control, or was it that he simply could not believe
that he had the trophy in his hands?
The Olympic summer – the golden summer – has been bookended
by Andy Murray. As a nation moved from pessimism to optimism, so Andy moved
from tears to joy. He wept on Centre Court, but Britain and he have not shed a
despairing tear since then.
