Final: (1) Novak Djokovic WR 1 vs (2) Andy Murray WR 3
The head-to-head makes grim reading: 9-20. True, Andy beat him in three in the Canadian Masters in August, but prior to that, he hadn't beaten him since that memorable straight-sets win at Wimbledon in 2013, a run of eight consecutive defeats!
Nice to see Andy wearing a poppy emblem on his shirt, by the way.
-- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 7th of November 2015 07:01:11 PM
Whilst it would obviously be great to see Andy beat Nole and take the title in Paris, for me the most important thing is that he comes through "relatively" unscathed physically with perhaps just a "slight niggle" () that forces him to miss the O2 finals.
Sorry to all those who want to see him win everything, which I would naturally do under normal circumstances, but for me his priorities at the moment should be (in order of importance):
Andy serving at 61% first serves in that set, but Djokovic deadly when he gets a racquet on the return
Andy got as close as he has yet to a break at 15-30 in the last game but Novak holds to take the set 6-2
Jeepers, Djoko has won 3 of the 4 Slams and 6 of the 9 Masters Series this year. Poor Andy, to be born a week earlier than him, it's probably halved his career prize money.
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