Andy Murray Australian Open Loss

It would have been Brit’s no. 1 Andy Murray’s chance on the Australian Open 2011 Mens Final. He could have made history for winning a Grand Slam title for Britain, after a 75-year drought. But Novak Djokovic shattered his dreams, outplaying him over the course of two hours and 39 minutes with 6-4, 6-2, 6-3.

“I was in a much worse state last year than I was this year. I don’t know why. It’s better than it was last year. It was obviously tough, disappointing. I thought Novak played unbelievably well. And, yeah, it’s tough, but I’ve got to deal with it.”

“You always have to try and find a way to get back in,” Murray said. “You always have to try and believe. He defended unbelievably well tonight. So when I got ahead in some games and even just in points, he was sticking up lobs that were landing on the baseline, passing shots that were very close to the lines. So it was quite difficult to find parts of the court where I was getting free points from. I think I broke his serve maybe twice in the third set and still lost it 6?3. I was trying to find a way; I just wasn’t able to put enough good points together.”