Murray Is Unfazed by Britain’s 75-Year Wimbledon Champion Wait
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Every year for two weeks in June and July, Britain gets into a frenzy over whether a local man will finally win Wimbledon. This doesn’t faze the nation’s leading contender for the title, Andy Murray.
While British men have won the Wimbledon title 35 times, more than any other nation, it has been 75 years since a local lifted the trophy in southwest London. The last man to do so was Fred Perry in 1936. His statue stands outside of Centre Court as a reminder to players and spectators, some of whom are dressed head-to-toe in the Union Jack.