A recap of the last five US Open men's singles finals

#2 Novak Djokovic vs Andy Murray (2012)

Murray’s US Open victory was his first Grand Slam

It had been 76 years since a British man won a Grand slam and it was Murray who ended the long lasting wait. It definitely was not a walk in the park for the Scot as the match lasted almost 5 hours.

Murray was off to a flying start, clinching the first set convincingly and racing to a 4-0 lead in the second. As he always does, Djokovic fought back and after some time, the scorecard read 5-5. It seemed like another tiebreaker was on the cards, but Djokovic faltered at the heat of the moment and Murray was right there to capitalise.

The set eventually ended in Murray’s favour after Djokovic’s forehand went wide in the 12^th game.

Djokovic was back to his imperious best in the next set and the tentativeness in Murray’s body language was very much palpable. Djokovic took the third set and a dramatic fourth set followed.

Chair umpire Jake Garner warned Djokovic about taking too much of time in between points.

Neither Djokovic nor his father were happy with Garner’s confession and after winning the next point, a ‘take that’ glare followed from Djokovic. He made sure the advantage didn’t slip away and won the fourth set.

After breaking the first game of the final set, Murray went into a 2-0 lead. Murray broke again to go up 3-0 and he never looked back there after. He was finally a Grand slam Champion after so many shots at the title.