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Andy Murray wins Wimbledon

8 July 2013

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Words in the News

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Andy Murray has won his first Wimbledon title and ended Britain's 77-year wait for a
men's tennis champion by beating world number one, Novak Djokovic. His success could
lead the way to making him one of the world's highest earning sportsmen.
The BBC's Andrew Verity reports:

Andy Murray will collect £1.6m in prize money for yesterday's victory, but that's a

modest sum compared with the amount he could earn now his status as a national

sporting hero has been sealed.

According to his manager, Simon Fuller, Murray's victory is no less a triumph than

winning the top prize in football. And he's now admired not just as a sportsman but as a

personality.

Andy Murray's manager, Simon Fuller:

The public has warmed to Andy. As each year passes they understand him and they

warm to him, and I think people got a little insight as to how big a heart he has and

how sort of passionate he is about sport and what a truly great guy, and I think that,

combined with winning on court, makes for a true superstar.

Murray's already earning £15m over five years from sportswear sponsorship and he

was reckoned to be worth a total of £32m even before yesterday's victory.

If he now exploits 'brand Murray' to the full, marketing experts believe, he could earn

£15m a year making him one of the highest-earning sportsmen in the world.

Words in the News

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Vocabulary and definitions

a modest sum

a fairly small amount of money

sealed

agreed; confirmed

triumph

great success

personality

well-known person / famous person

insight

deeper understanding

passionate

very enthusiastic

sponsorship

money that a company gives to support or encourage
someone or something (and sometimes to promote
the company giving the money)

exploits

uses a situation to get benefit from it

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/23217393