Murray out to crash Big Three's Wimbledon party


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 20 Jun 2013

Britain's Andy Murray reacts after defeating Croatia's Marin Cilic during their men's singles final tennis match at the Queen's Club Championships in west London June 16, 2013. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

LONDON (Reuters) - There will be an unfamiliar whiff of British success in the air at Wimbledon this year when Andy Murray, and thousands of patriotic fans, will try to stop the party-pooping antics of champions Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal.

Tennis's so called 'Big Three' have lorded over Wimbledon ever since Federer won the first of his record-equalling seven titles in 2003, slamming the door shut on any pretender who threatened to gatecrash their invitation-only, VIP party.

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