Friday, 28 January 2011

Well after praising Caroline Wozniacki it was inevitable that she should lose her next match so I'll refrain from commenting on Andy Murray's chances as that too may have absolutely no impact whatsoever. I'm sure that as a top ranking professional he will be totally focused on his third final and the first that he won't face Federer. The pessimist in me fears that a small part of him will relax knowing that he faces Novak Djokovic and not Federer or Nadal to provide a great opportunity at winning his first major. Djokovic is ranked No. 3 in the world and thus ahead of Murray and has experience of winning this tournament before so is not to be dismissed lightly. For all the talk of when Murray was going to hold a major title and not if he now has to deliver as the opportunity of winning one gets harder as long as Federer and Nadal continue to dominate. Also the last time either of the top two players did not win one of the Grand Slam tournaments was the US Open in 2009 when Juan Martin del Potro, who is younger than Murray, beat the pair of them to win the title. The time before that was Djokovic's victory in Australia in 2008.
   He may be unlucky to playing in a time when two greats are sharing Grand Slams between them but that would make any victory all the sweeter and mark him out as a true champion that might start to earn some more public recognition for his achievements so far. He would also pretty much be a shoe in for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year but that is probably not top of his to do list just yet.

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