French Open 2016 Men's Final as it happened: Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray at Roland Garros to complete career Grand Slam | London Evening Standard

French Open 2016 Men's Final as it happened: Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray at Roland Garros to complete career Grand Slam

Andy Murray lost out to familiar foe Novak Djokovic in the French Open final on Sunday afternoon.

The British No.1, like his opponent, was bidding to win his first title at Roland Garros.

But Djokovic held his nerve to win convincingly and complete a career Grand Slam if he is victorious.

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The Serbian has now won 13 of the last 15 meetings between the pair, and was in stunning form to finally hold the Coupe des Mousquetaires aloft.

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What they said

Andy Murray: "It's obviously a very big match for both of us.

"Novak is trying to win the career slam, it's obviously a huge match for him, and me trying to win my first French Open.

"Neither of us know how many more chances we'll have to win here."

Novak Djokovic: "I'm sure it's going to be a final with a lot of emotions and exchanges from the baseline because we have a similar style of game.

"I know his game he knows mine. I'm sure we'll both give it our all."

Prediction

Novak Djokovic thinks French Open win is the 'biggest moment of career'The IndependentAndy Murray suffered his eighth grand slam final defeat as Novak Djokovic finally took the French Open title and with it his place in the highest pantheon of tennis. The world number one becomes the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four trophies at the same time after a 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 victory in his fourth final at Roland Garros. To achieve something even Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal fell short of in the same era is truly remarkable and, by winning his 12th slam title, Djokovic is only five short of Federer's all-time record.