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Murray defends Olympic title
- Updated: August 15, 2016
Britain’s Andy Murray defended his Olympic men’s singles title with a hard-fought, four-set win over Juan Martin del Potro.
Murray needed just over four hours to win 7-5 4-6 6-2 7-5 and secure Team GB’s fifth gold medal of the day and 15th of a brilliant Olympic Games in Rio.
The world number two, who defeated Roger Federer in straight sets to win gold on Wimbledon’s Centre Court in London four years ago, made an early break on his way to taking the opening set.
But when Del Potro bounced back to claim the second, Murray was faced with the prospect of a least two more sets with the men’s Olympic final a best of five match as opposed to the best of three for the rest of the tournament.
Murray rallied to race through the third before sealing victory over a tiring Argentine in …
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