TENNIS
ANDY MURRAY may have lost the Wimbledon men's singles final - but he won over many people who had previously considered him dour, dull and, frankly, a misery.
The Scottish ace gave a fine performance that just fell short of the genius required to have beaten Roger Federer.
But no disgrace at all in that, Andy. Federer is arguably the greatest player EVER - so to lose to him when he was in such glorious form was not surprising.
But what was surprising - and what has earned Murray a new set of admirers - was his tears and humility as he spoke about his defeat to Sue Barker and the Centre Court crowd afterwards.
He finally dispelled the general belief that he lacks the human touch - precisely by showing it.
His tears moved me and many other pundits too.
I genuinely felt for him - and I never imagined that to be the case with a guy who is often surly and mono-dimensionally defensive.
So well done, Andy Murray - for giving a great performance for Great Britain, and for proving also that you DO have a human side after all.
FRANK WORRALL
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