ArmchairCritic
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Murray played a great game today, there is not doubt about it at all. He used the crowd to inspire him, and he took every opportunity given to him, there was no other winner.
But... To me, he will never be a Brit. He is, and always will be, Scottish. Not that I have anything against the Scottish, it is that he does not associate himself with being British, but rather with being Scottish. His statements from before where he claimed to be purely Scottish at a younger age don't just leave like that: he was most probably told by a PR agent to change his stance about his views, and that going down his Proud Scottish heritage will not win over the fans at Wimbledon. I am now at that age of which he had first made those statements, and a lot of people blame him doing that due to his naivety at that age (21 years old). That is a complete load of bollocks too; he is just as mature in terms of intelligence and decision making as he is now, and saying those sort of things cannot be excused from. This was what I wanted to say to all those people who don't "understand" all those Murray haters, and I hope my explanation covered all the feelings of those people as well as possible opinions towards his demeanor and attitude on court which can be off putting too.
He fully deserved this final. He made so few errors, won all those passing shots and fed off the crowd. But to me, he will always be a Scot in his heart, and he won this for Scotland, not for Britain.
Rant over.
He won it for himself and rightly so.