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It may not be suitable for all audiences. It's July 7th, 2013 at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, England.

On center court, 26-year-old tennis player Andy Murray wipes his face with a towel bouncing

the ball off the grass and preparing to serve.

It's something Andy has done millions of times in his career, but never with as much at stake.

Andy is in the final of the Wimbledon Men's singles competition. Player on the other side of the net is a top

seed and world number one Novak Jokovich. But Andy has beaten the odds and taken a lead.

He's two sets up, and if this serve goes his way and he will write his

name into the record books as the first British player to win the title for

77 years. And he hits a powerful serve.

Novak just manages to return the ball,

but it's a slow uncontrolled looping shot back over the net.

Responding quickly, Andy hits a powerful forehand

to Novak's weaker backhand.

And Novak hits the ball into the net.

Andy drops his racket and covers his face in disbelief.

He's won.

The spectators roar as Andy's emotions get the better of him and he waves to his ecstatic family in the crowd.

This is the moment Andy has been working toward all his career, all his life ever since he first picked up a tennis

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