Andy Murray became the first tennis player to win the Olympic gold medal in the men’s tennis event twice in a row, last Sunday in Rio. The Scot defeated Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in a tightly contested match, which saw the end of del Potro’s dream run at the Olympics after coming back from injury.

Murray’s first taste of Olympic glory occurred during the London 2012 Games on the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon, where just weeks before Murray had suffered one of the most painful loses of his career, falling to Roger Federer in the final. By the time of the gold medal match, however, it was Federer who was on the losing side of the rivalry, losing to Murray in straight sets, and from then on, there was no stopping Murray. One month later, he won his first Grand Slam title at the 2012 U.S. Open, and then at Wimbledon the next year he defeated Djokovic to overcome his disappointing loss from 2012 and claim the title.

Murray, currently ranked number two in the world, became the favorite to win the tournament after Novak Djokovic’s shocking first-round loss to del Potro, who was ranked well below the top 100 and was coming back from over 2 years away from tennis due to a prolonged wrist injury. Yet, del Potro proved that he was still a very dangerous player. Formerly ranked as high as four in the world, del Potro had defeated Djokovic back at the 2012 London Games as well (capturing the bronze medal in the process) and had pushed Djokovic to five sets the following year during one of the most entertaining Wimbledon semifinals in history.

The Argentine kept on winning, taking out players ranked dozens of spots higher than him and performing better than he or anyone else could have expected. He even dispatched Spanish legend, Rafael Nadal, in the semifinals, a nail-biter that ultimately went to a deciding third set tiebreaker (Nadal fans shouldn’t be too distraught, however, as he took home gold in doubles with Marc Lopez). Although del Porto came up just short in the final, he definitely sent a message to the tennis world in making it that far. Even Murray was quoted shortly after the match as saying that he firmly believes del Potro has a great shot at cracking the top five, once again.

The spotlight remains firmly fixed on Murray: he’s made the final of the last three Grand Slams, winning one (Wimbledon), took home another Olympic gold medal and is looking to be in great shape for another potential U.S. Open title later this month. It is certainly true that Novak Djokovic remains the reigning world number one, and therefore the favorite in any match against Murray (their head to head favors Djokovic by 24-10, or 71 percent of their total matches), yet Murray is riding a stronger wave of momentum. As we just saw at the 2016 Rio Olympics, that makes him as dangerous as anyone in tennis.