Andy Murray has received January’s Aegon Player of Month award for his success in Brisbane and Melbourne.
Early in January, British No.1 Murray retained his Brisbane title with a 7-6(0), 6-4 win over Grigor Dimitrov.
The 25 year-old top seed closed out victory in just over an hour and a half against the Bulgarian world number 48 sealing his 25th career title.
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Murray then went on to Melbourne to begin his Australian Open campaign. Murray, who did not drop a set at the 2013 Australian Open until the semi-final stages, sealed his place in the final against world No.1 Novak Djokovic after a 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-2 win over Swiss world No.2 Roger Federer.
In the final Djokovic put Murray’s hopes for a second Grand Slam title to an end after a 6-7(2), 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-2 defeat on Rod Laver Arena.
“I would like to congratulate Novak” said Murray in his post-match interview. “He is a very well deserved winner.”
Murray added to the crowd: “I’ll see you guys next year.”
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