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Andy Murray wins Wimbledon

8 July 2013

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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 �Ł1.6m 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 �Ł15m over five years from sportswear sponsorship and he was reckoned to be worth a total of �Ł32m even before yesterday's victory.



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

�Ł15m a year making him one of the highest-earning sportsmen in the world.





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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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Related story:

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





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