The world no 3 and defending champion at Wimbledon this year Roger Federer will enter Wimbledon 2013 along with Andy Murray who was runner up to Federer at Wimbledon last year on winning note. Both of these guys won first grass court titles of the season. Federer won Gerry Weber Open title for 6th time in his career, on the other hand Andy Murray won Aegon Championship for the 3rd time in his career. This is Federer's 77th tour title and Andy Murray's 26th. These victories have given both of these guys an encouragement before entering into All England Club.
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| Murray With Aegon Championship Trophy |
Andy Murray beat Marin Cilic in the final after one set to love down by 5-7 7-5 6-3. It was a very close match, which could go either way after Murray's first set loss. In the first set Marin Cilic showed great game and continue to hold his serve till the end of the set. At 5-5 he got up from 15-40 down to hold his serve. In the very next game Cilic got the break through and broke Brit to serve for the set. In this way he won first set by 7-5. In the second set Scot did not lose his focus and hold his serve until scoreboard went to 6-5 with Cilic serving to stay in the set. Murray jumped upon the opportunity and stolen the second set by breaking Cilic to level the match. He broke Croatian again in 4th game of the deciding set and that break was enough to close the match out at 6-3 in the decider in 2 and half hours. With this victory Murray becomes 6th man to win three titles at Queen's Club.
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| Federer With Gerry Weber Open Trophy |
Federer's victory at Gerry Weber was also a fight back victory against Mikhail Youzhny. The detail of this match was written on my previous article. The good news for Federer fans is that Federer has ended the title drought this year and will play at Wimbledon on a positive note. And he will again man to beat at All England Club.
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