Newspaper review: Papers hail Murray despite defeat

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The <link> <caption>Daily Mail has praise for both Andy Murray and the man who defeated him in the Wimbledon final, Roger Federer</caption> <url href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170474/Federer-fights-Six-times-champion-leads-Andy-Murray-sets-epic-battle-Wimbledon-title.html" platform="highweb"/> </link> .

The paper describes the Swiss as "a master of the universe, the tennis equal of Pele or Muhammad Ali".

As the <link> <caption>Times</caption> <url href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/" platform="highweb"/> </link> puts it, Murray made the major error of being born when he was - pitting him against three other players of undisputed greatness.

The <link> <caption>Daily Mirror</caption> <url href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/" platform="highweb"/> </link> describes Murray as "gritty" and "gutsy", the Independent says he is a "credit to his country".

Speech praised

The <link> <caption>Guardian</caption> <url href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/" platform="highweb"/> </link> says the epic drama at Wimbledon was played out in front of a Royal Box that contained so many celebrities it resembled the pages of Hello! magazine brought to life.

The <link> <caption>Scotsman praises Andy Murray for his "gracious" speech</caption> <url href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/andy-murray-s-wimbledon-dream-ends-in-tears-1-2400170" platform="highweb"/> </link> after the match.

According to many writers, that has helped him capture the heart of the nation.

<link> <caption>Jim White in the Daily Telegraph</caption> <url href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/9385686/Wimbledon-2012-Tearful-Andy-Murray-loses-on-court-but-wins-the-nations-heart.html" platform="highweb"/> </link> says the British number one showed he was "warm, generous and unaffected".

Weather fear

Concern for the UK's next major sporting event is <link> <caption>raised by the Daily Mirror</caption> <url href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-chaos-storms-and-flooding-1137176" platform="highweb"/> </link> .

It says that a month of rain is set to make the start of the Olympics a wash-out. The <link> <caption>Sun picks up on these fears</caption> <url href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4418228/Car-park-in-Weymouth-floods-ahead-of-Olympic-sailing-events.html" platform="highweb"/> </link> .

It has a picture of the park-and-ride area due to cater for 18,000 fans coming to see the Olympic sailing events at Weymouth in Dorset.

Flooding meant the car park disappeared under a foot of water after a month's worth of rain fell in 14 hours.

Bank inquiry

The <link> <caption>Financial Times</caption> <url href="http://www.ft.com/home/uk" platform="highweb"/> </link> reveals that the EU is planning action to tackle rigging of the Libor inter-bank lending rate.

Apparently, Brussels is proposing to make it illegal across the EU to manipulate market data.

Meanwhile, the <link> <caption>Independent has more questions about the effectiveness of a parliamentary inquiry</caption> <url href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/were-powerless-to-get-truth-about-bankers-says-key-mp-7923528.html" platform="highweb"/> </link> into the scandal.

Senior Treasury Committee member Andrea Leadsom claims MPs were "useless" when they came to question former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond.

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