'˜My best tennis is still ahead of me' - Andy Murray

The Scot won his third grand slam title and second at Wimbledon with a 6-4 7-6 (7/3) 7-6 (7/3) victory over Milos Raonic on Sunday and insisted he believes his best tennis is still ahead of him.

Djokovic has dominated the sport over the past 18 months, becoming the first man in 47 years to hold all four slam titles by beating Murray to win the French Open, but his run came to an end in surprising fashion with a third-round loss to Sam Querrey at the All England Club.

Djokovic’s lead in the rankings is still formidable, however, at nearly 5,000 points – a grand slam title earns 2,000 – and if Murray is to overtake the Serbian he knows he will have to do better against him having won just two of their last 15 matches.

“It’s possible,” said Murray. “I’d rather set the bar as high as possible and not quite achieve it. It’s better to try to finish No 1 in the world and finish at No 2.

“I’d love to get to No 1, obviously, but I think a lot of people are forgetting what Novak’s done because he lost in the third round here.

“The last 18 months he’s been unbelievable, he’s hardly lost any matches at all, so I know if I want to get there I’m going to have to try to win more matches against him.

“I’d imagine he’ll come back very strong from the loss here.”

Murray was back at the All England Club yesterday morning for another round of media interviews looking somewhat bleary eyed.

The 29-year-old celebrated his triumph at the Champions Dinner and then partied into the early hours with wife Kim and friends at a West End nightclub, living up to his promise to enjoy this title more than his first one in 2013.

It was an emotional triumph for Murray, who had lost eight of his previous 10 slam finals, and even famously stoical coach Ivan Lendl was seen to shed a few tears.

“He was telling everyone it was allergies, that he had hay fever,” said Murray. “I don’t believe it.”

Murray headed home for some much-needed rest after his media duties and was planning a more low-key celebration last night by going out for dinner with his team.

The Scot revealed he is unlikely to play in Great Britain’s Davis Cup quarter-final against Serbia beginning on Friday, although he is planning to travel to Belgrade to support his team-mates.

When he does return to the courts, he will begin preparations for the American hard-court season, which begins earlier than usual on July 25 with the Rogers Cup in Toronto and is followed by the Olympics in Rio and then the next grand slam event, the US Open.

Murray will hope to defend the Olympic title he won so memorably at Wimbledon in 2012 while he has also targeted a medal in the doubles with brother Jamie.

Murray said: “I’m pumped for Rio, I think it will be a great event.

“Obviously it will be quite different to the Olympics when it was held here, but I’ve loved being involved in the two Olympics that I’ve been at.

“Rio is obviously a big goal of mine and hopefully I can perform well there.”