Djokovic beats Murray to win first French Open

History was made on Sunday at the French Open as Novak Djokovic finally captured his first French Open to complete the Career Grand Slam. And he did it by beating his good friend and longtime rival 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in a mostly one-sided affair.

Murray, who came in winning his last 11 including a win over Djokovic in Rome, stormed out early, erasing an early break by breaking a nervy Djokovic twice to win the first set 6-3.

Djokovic looked out of sorts, arguing with the umpire a few times. But he couldn’t have played much worse at the start, and you knew he would get it going. And he did.

After saving an early break chance to start the second, Djokovic got into groove breaking Murray in his opening service game in the second set.

Once Djokovic got another break, you could sense it was over. Novak had found his form and in the heavy conditions, Murray couldn’t hit past him. He could no longer make Novak uncomfortable.

Djokovic ran away with set three as well, then serving 5-2. In the fourth, Djokovic felt the tension. Murray got on a little bit of a run, playing more freely as Djokovic tightened with the title in reach.

Murray got one break back but couldn’t get a second. Djokovic shook off a double fault on his first championship point to eventually win it on his third try.

Borrowing with permission from Guga, Novak drew a heart in the sand and fell to the earth. The quest was over. Relief!

Djokovic becomes the 8th player all-time to win all four Grand Slams and he’s just the third man to win four straight after Don Budge and Rod Laver who did it twice in 1962 and 1969.

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