And stars of the sporting world were quick to show their appreciation to Britain's tennis champ.
The Sun (2016)
His coronation in Australia has come on the back of a tour de force in media management, in the most inhospitable media environment in the sporting world.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This victory confirmed him as the undisputed iron man of the sporting world.
The Sun (2014)
But this sporting world doesn't lend itself to such certainty.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)