Andy Murray's road to becoming a Wimbledon champion in 2013

On July 7 2013 in the sweltering heat of Centre Court, Andy Murray's dream of winning Wimbledon finally became a reality as he ended Britain's 77-year wait for a men's champion.

The Scot claimed a memorable straight-sets victory against world No 1 Novak Djokovic to secure the second Grand Slam title of his career and become the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win at the All England Club. 

A year earlier Murray was unable to stave off the tears after losing in four sets to Roger Federer, but just a few months later he landed his first major with a dramatic five-set win over Djokovic at the US Open.

The Serb exacted his revenge in the final of the Australian Open in a battle of attrition at Melbourne Park, winning in four sets.

Murray was then forced to withdraw from the French Open with a back injury and it remained unclear whether or not he would recover in time for the grass-court season.

But he did so with a vengeance to complete the perfect Wimbledon preparation by clinching his second Aegon Championships title at Queen's Club with a straight-sets success against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Going into the main show, Murray was desperate to go one better than in 2012. He appeared fit and mentally prepared for the challenges that lay ahead, and what a journey it turned out to be...

Becker breeze

In his opening round match, Murray came up against Germany's Benjamin Becker. The British No 1 was playing his first match on Centre Court since the Olympic final.

He had beaten the same player at Queen's two weeks earlier and had little trouble brushing him aside again 6-4 6-3 6-2 in an hour and 52 minutes.

There were a few wobbles, especially when he was pegged back from 4-1 to 4-4 in the first set, but Murray improved as the match went on and produced an excellent third set of all-court tennis, with his forehand looking particularly venomous.

Another winner - his 38th of the match - sent him through to a second round meeting against Lu Yen-hsun.

"It was a tough start for me, he is a very good grass player," said Murray. "I was ready and to win in three sets was a good start. There's always nerves at the start of a grand slam and I'm glad to get it out of the way and hopefully I can improve as it goes on."

The only drama came whenever Rafael Nadal's score on Court One was flashed up on the scoreboard as the Spaniard crashed out to world No 135 Steve Darcis.

Lu flushed

Murray produced a fine performance against Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun, winning 6-3 6-3 7-5, with the match not as close as the scoreline suggested.

He began a little nervously, not surprisingly on a day that saw a host of top seeds tumble out, some literally.

Murray had to save break points in the fifth game, but having survived that scare he did not look back. Lu hung in well in the third set but could not force a tie-break.

He might have served a little more consistently but still hit 11 aces and 41 clean winners, with only 14 unforced errors to set up a meeting against Spain's Tommy Robredo in the last 32.

The day was remarkable in the fact that seven-time champion Roger Federer lost in four sets to Sergiy Stakhovsky while Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was among seven players to succumb to injuries.

Nadal's conqueror Darcis and women's second seed Victoria Azarenka also pulled out, while 2004 champion Maria Sharapova suffered a shock defeat to world No 131 Michelle Larcher de Brito from Portugal.

"I thought I kept my concentration well and did well on my serve. Each game I was puttin