Andy Murray
IN PHOTO: Tennis - Aegon Championships - Queens Club, London - 21/6/15 Great Britain's Andy Murray celebrates with the trophy after winning the final Action Images via Reuters / Tony O'Brien Livepic Reuters / Tony O'Brien

Andy Murray said he feels confident going into the third grand slam of the season after claiming his fourth title at Queen’s Club. Murray beat South African Kevin Anderson in straight sets 6-3 6-4 to win the 2015 Aegon Championships.

Earlier before the final match, Murray dispatched Viktor Troicki in their semifinal clash that has been suspended because of the rain in the previous evening. The pair left the match at 3-all in the first set and Murray wasted no time to take control beating the Serb in straight sets 6-3 7-6 and and book his spot in the finale.

The British tennis ace showed no sign of fatigue when he battled the unseeded Anderson. He took the first set in just 28 minutes. In the second set, Murray’s dropshots and lobs earned him a 3-2 lead. He won the second set in just a little over an hour.

Murray becomes the fifth player to win four titles at Queen’s. He has joined John McEnroe (1979-1981 and 1984), Boris Becker (1985, 1987-1988, and1996), Australian Lleyton Hewitt (2000-2002 and 2006), and Andy Roddick (2003-2005 and 2007), who had triumphed at the Aegon Championships for four times.

Murray played down that thought that he has great chances of winning Wimbledon. The last time that he won at Queen’s was in 2013 and it was also the time when he won the Wimbledon. Murray said via The Guardian that winning the Queen’s title doesn’t give the assurance that he will win title at the All England Club. He added that he will have to train hard in his bid to win his second Wimbledon title, although he admitted that he feels optimistic going into the grand slam tennis event. He is 41-6 this season and 5-0 on grass.

“It gives me that little bit of confidence going in there,” Murray said. “But it’s a long way to go before Wimbledon even starts and then all sorts of things can happen during slams.”

Since 2008, Murray has had astonishing results at Wimbledon. He is a two-time quarterfinalist (2008 and 2014) and a three-time semifinalist (2009-2011). In 2013, Murray became the first British player to win the Wimbledon since Fred Perry. Murray ended Britain’s 76-drought since Perry won the title in 1936.

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