Murray turned the tables on Federer to grab tennis gold on Wimbledon’s Centre Court, four weeks to the day after Federer beat him in the Wimbledon final.

The 6-2 6-1 6-4 thrashing of the world number one was the biggest win of Murray’s career.

“This has been the best way to come back from the Wimbledon final,” Murray said. “I watched the athletics last night … The momentum the team’s had over the last week has been so good.”

Defeat virtually ended Federer’s chances of completing the “golden career slam” of all four grand slam titles and the Olympic singles crown as he will be 34 when the Games moves on to Rio de Janeiro in four years.

Not everything went Team GB’s way, however.

Murray failed to add a second British gold when he and Laura Robson lost to Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the final of the mixed doubles.

Reuters