Andy Murray Wins Gold For The Second Olympic Games In A Row

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Andy Murray has won gold in the men's tennis singles competition for the second Olympic games in a row after a four set epic that will go down as one of the best Olympic tennis matches ever.

Murray advanced to the finals after beating Japan's Kei Nishikori in the semi-finals and beat Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in the final 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

It was arguably one of the most entertaining tennis matches in living memory as the momentum swung from one player to the next almost game-by game.

While Del Potro constantly looked completely knackered, he showed incredible resilience to stem the Murray tide time and time again.

It may not be the biggest date in the tennis calendar but this gold medal match was worthy of any Grand Slam final.

Our commiserations go out to Del Potro who played some unbelievable tennis but just didn't have the engine to match Murray.

Last month Murray won his second Wimbledon title, and is now the first player to win two Olympic singles titles.

Go on, lad!

Words by Mark McGowan

Mark McGowan

Mark is a journalist at LADbible, who joined in 2015 after a year as a freelance writer. In the past he blogged for independent football fan channel Redmen TV, after graduating from Staffordshire University with degrees in journalism and English literature. He has worked on campaigns such as UOKM8? and IIOC.