Wimbledon Women's final 2013: Marion Bartoli v Sabine Lisicki

Marion Bartoli overwhelms Sabine Lisicki to win Wimbledon title

Sabine Lisicki of Germany and Marion Bartoli of France pose at the net before their Ladies' Singles final match on day twelve of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 6, 2013 in London, England

It's a beautiful day in SW12 with the sun beaming down onto Centre Court. Unfortunately for the fans packed in there they're not being treated to a beautiful game of tennis at the start. Nerves seems to have got the better of the two players in an error strewn first few games

Marion Bartoli of France plays a backhand during the Ladies' Singles final match against Sabine Lisicki of Germany on day twelve of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 6, 2013 in London, England.

Sabine Lisicki of Germany plays a forehand during the Ladies' Singles final match against Marion Bartoli of France on day twelve of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 6, 2013 in London, England.

Marion Bartoli winds up as the ball approaches

Before unleashing a powerful forehand. Her power was instrumental in her taking the first set 6-1

Sabine Lisicki of Germany reacts in the second set during her women's singles final tennis match against Marion Bartoli of France at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London July 6, 2013.

Sabine Lisicki seems to have composed herself and wins the first game of the second set

Marion Bartoli runs off court to go to her friends and family

Before hugging her father

Meanwhile the losing finalist cries in her chair

The tears fall again as Sabine Lisicki is interviewed on court

The emotion of the event has overcome Marion Bartoli too

A beaming Marion Bartoli shows off the trophy

Wimbledon men's final 2013: Novak Djokovic v Andy Murray

Andy Murray wins Wimbledon with emphatic victory over Novak Djokovic

The match gets under way and the players both hold serve early doors (though Murray did go 40-0 up on Djokovic's first service game)

The players exchange breaks of serve in the third and fourth games of the first set

... before claiming the first set 6-4

There's a curious moment when the umpire calls the ball out but the players continue regardless. When the ball eventually lands clearly out, Novak Djokovic goes to have an angry word with the official

Djokovic stretches to reach a shot. His athleticism is showing through as he breaks Murray and goes into a 4-1 lead in the second set

But Murray battles back and claims the second set 7-5

Murray's fine form continues into the early part of the third set, much to the crowd's delight ... but the Scot's run of eight wins from nine games is brought to a sudden halt as he loses four straight games to Djokovic, leaving him 4-2 down in the third set

Murray takes a 40-0 lead in emphatic fashion, but Djokovic saves three Championship points. Murray then saves three break points and closes out the game to win Wimbledon! A smidgen more than three hours of thrilling tennis which has littered with breaks of serve, and at the end of it all the Scot has earned the title he so desperately craved

A smidgen more than three hours of thrilling tennis, littered with breaks of serve, and at the end of it all the Scot has earned the title he so desperately craved. A teary moment ensues

A teary moment ensues

Murray celebrates with the crowd and then climbs into the stands to be hugged by his team (but he almost forgets to get a hug from his Mum)

And there it is - Murray becomes the first British man since Fred Perry to lift tennis' most prestigious prize

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