Wow, that was unexpected.

Poor Rodger Federer looked quite shell shocked towards the end of that match. This was meant to be the tournament where he equaled Lendl's record of 18 consecutive finals but again his achillies heal is those pesky teenagers.

The really amazing thing is that Andy tanked several games where it looked like he was taking the lead and still won in strait sets imagine what the score would have been if Andy had maintained a consistent level.

Chris Baillie: How much did your new coach have to do with this victory?

Andy Murray: Nothing.

Apparently BG just told him to go out and play his game. Right now just being in Andy's corner is giving him confidence, he doesn't have to DO anything.

Two other things I would pick out of the interview. Andy said he was getting tired at 2-2 in the 2nd set but he is aware that he has a tournament to play, he will need to dig deep to justify his new crown of Fed-slayer. Also Andy said that a lot of guys feel they need to hit the lines to beat Fed but he just tried to outplay him and I think that was the key to the match.

Andy returned brilliantly and although he served at 41% virtually every second serve spun up high on the Fed bh so Andy was in every point and then he out rallied the world number one. Simple.

The smiley face was missing on yesterdays signature but it was back today with a vegence.

The last time Federer lost in strait sets he was beaten by Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-3 in March 2004!!!

That is a run of 2 years and 4 months at the very top of the sport and now it is over, wow.  

Yet again Andy's serve goes missing, Federer breaks him five times in two sets and it's over in straight sets but it's Murray who takes the final point with a backhand pass down the line for an extraordinary win 7-5 6-4.

Federer looked jaded for much of the match, managing only brief spells of his typical dominance; fierce serves, aggressive forehands then dashing to the net to put away sharp volleys into the open court. All too often he dumped sliced backhands into the net, struggled to hit his top spin backhand inside the court, and even gifted Murray a couple of double faults on break point.

Really this match was all about Murray; Federer was there for the taking and it was a question of whether Andy could execute. He did, though not without some desperately poor serving that made the match a lot closer than it might have been. No first serves as Murray served for the first set at 5-4, poor errors contributing to an awful game that kept Federer alive. But a much better effort second time around with an ace finishing off a game with five out six first serves in play.

Backhand to backhand Andy was on top. He could play it safe going crosscourt or opt for the sudden acceleration to fire one down the line. Federer wanted to run around his backhand but worried about the open space that practically invited Murray to attack deep into the forehand corner. Andy really targeted the Federer backhand, slow high bouncing forehands asked questions that Federer's backhand never answered convincingly. Murray had clearly learnt much from Nadal's success against Roger.

Andy's play was aggressive, superb forehands into the corners for winners, on return his play was excellent, only when serving did his level drop with unnecessary errors doing little to protect an already vulnerable serve. There were a few strange tactical choices: unwise drop shots that ended with Federer finding a winning pass, and some brave, if reckless, decisions to slice midcourt backhands and attack the net that Federer had little trouble dealing with.

The second set was much the same, an early break for Murray, then given straight back, Federer briefly looked to have found some form with a couple of comfortable holds but Murray kept going and broke to lead 4-3 when Federer's game collapsed. Serving at 4-3 30-0 Andy froze and it was back on serve. Roger looked comfortable at 30-0, in serious danger as Murray struck a double-handed backhand down the line for a clean winner to create break point but a good first serve and backhand winner saved that. Andy produced another and Roger's forehand was long for yet another break.

So Andy came to serve for the match, having struggled on serve throughout. He found a first serve that Federer couldn't return for 15-0, then had to rely on his second but Roger struck a backhand wide for 30-0, Andy found a pass to create three match points, and on his second chance he eased a pass down the line to take the match 7-5 6-4.

Gilbert thrilled!:

Gilbert was full of praise for Murray and told BBC Scotland: "It was unbelievable, he broke Federer's serve seven times and there was a lot of ebb and flow in the match.

"But the best four words in tennis are 'Game, set, match, Murray' and those are what we heard today.

"It was a great win for the kid and, hopefully, that will just boost his confidence even more that he can play with anyone in the world."

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