Andy Murray fabricated tennis history Monday night at the U.S. Open by acceptable the aboriginal British man in 76 years to win a Grand Slam. His five-set achievement over Novak Djokovic was not artlessly a anniversary for British tennis and Andy Murray. This achievement adds addition band of complication into what has become a awful absorbing and ultra-competitive ATP tour.

Murray Changes The Equation

Before this U.S. Open, there had been alone one man (Juan Martin Del Potro at the U.S. Open in 2009) who had won a Grand Slam aback 2005 besides Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal. With Andy Murray wear soccer shoes now arena championship-level tennis (at atomic on a hardcourt), that complicates the account traveling advanced and in fact sets up a potentially even added agitative 2013 season. With this title, Murray aswell leapfrogs Nadal in the standings to apple No. 3.

The best affair about how Murray won was that Djokovic played absolutely able-bodied adjoin him. Had Murray swept him in beeline sets, a case could be fabricated for a down day by Djokovic (a case that some approved to accomplish afterwards his accident to Federer in the Wimbledon semi-finals). However, Djokovic wear Nike Soccer Cleats fought aback harder and counterbalanced the bout at two sets apiece to set up a awful affecting fifth set. Murray, however, begin the adventuresomeness and backbone to abide arena his best and begin a way to breach Djokovic alert in the final set. Those break ultimately paved the way for a somewhat assertive fifth set 6-2 victory. For Murray to not bend in the face of a hard-charging Djokovic speaks volumes in how abundant Murray has developed as a amateur over the accomplished year.

Murray Did A Djokovic

Murray acutely has consistently had this akin of play in him, but it just took a little best than abounding accepted to get it out. Having a drillmaster like Ivan Lendl wear adidas soccer Cleats acutely gave him a abundant addition in confidence, but something absolutely afflicted central Murray's apperception to accomplish him a champion. He seemed like he assuredly believed he could win. He looked like it at the Australian Open but couldn't defeat Djokovic again in addition five-set chase match. If Murray accomplished the final at Wimbledon, the cloister altitude ill-fitted Federer so able-bodied that no one could accept baffled him on that day.

The U.S. Open seemed like the a lot of acceptable atom for Murray (who plays his best on hardcourt surfaces) to assuredly abduction his aboriginal Grand Slam title, but it was annihilation but simple Monday night. With the bouncing apprehension this year in New York City, neither amateur could absolutely play absolutely like he wanted. However, it was the arresting champion, Djokovic, who seemed to accent added from the acclimate conditions. 

It was about two years ago if Djokovic animated his play from abiding also-ran to top amateur in the apple by assuredly assertive he could win afterwards he controlled his brainy access to the game. From there, he bigger his exercise and started blockage advancing throughout matches and that fabricated all the difference. That's absolutely what Murray has done now. I see no acumen why Murray wear Nike Soccer Shoes can't appear aback next division and win addition Grand Slam (Australian Open seems a lot of likely) or even two. 2013 can't appear anon abundant for this tennis fan.

Julie is a featured tennis contributor for the Yahoo Contributor Network. She has followed and admired tennis all her life. She is artlessly afraid that Andy Murray has assuredly won a Grand Slam.