Andy Murray has been in exceptional form throughout the early part of 2015 and is a genuine contender to go on and win the men’s singles championship at Wimbledon next month. The 27-year-old has recently won two clay tournaments, beating Rafael Nadal in the final of the Madrid Masters, and will fancy his chances of winning at least one of the two Grand Slam crowns at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. The Scot recently married long term partner Kim Sears, and he is continuing to improve his tennis skills after struggling with a number of injury problems last season. At the time of writing, Andy Murray is currently priced at 7/2 with Coral to win his second Wimbledon title, and we take a look at a few of the reasons why the 27-year-old may go on to lift the trophy this summer.
He recently won the Madrid Masters and Madrid Open
The British number one recently won back-to-back clay events and beat the likes of Nadal in the process. In fact, the Scot thrashed the Spaniard 6-3 6-2 and the result saw Nadal fall to seventh in the world rankings, while Murray remains third. This victory was the first of his career over Nadal on clay, and the 27-year-old will head into both the French Open and Wimbledon full of confidence while knowing that he is more than capable of beating the Spaniard.
Wimbledon is his home event
Murray has always insisted that, despite his Scottish roots, Wimbledon is his home event and he has always received excellent support from tennis fans at the venue. The Scot praised the supporters for their role in his maiden success at Wimbledon and will be looking for the crowd to get behind him as he attempts to win his second title at the famous grass court venue. The British number one will be hopeful of reaching the latter stages and putting on a good show for the crowd, but he will be hoping that the crowd support him at key moments and help the 27-year-old to raise his game at tough spells.
He’s won it before, so why not again?
The Scot won the competition back in 2013, as he defeated current world number one Novak Djokovic in straight sets to become the men’s singles champion, just one year on from losing in his first Wimbledon final. Murray has an excellent record at Wimbledon, winning 41 matches while losing just eight so far and the 27-year-old has reached the quarter-finals or further in each of the past seven years. The Serbian is in excellent form and will be a difficult opponent, but the Briton has never lost to the world number one on grass and will be hopeful that, if they face off in this year’s tournament, he can make it three victories in a row against his great rival.