Tennis Atp- Andy Murray Obtains Sony Ericsson Open Title

The British of 21 years-old and No.4 of the world, Andy Murray, played in great way beating the Serbian Novak Djokovic 6-2, 7-5 in the Sony Ericsson Open final this past Sunday. The No.3 of the world, Djokovic had a hard time with the 85 degree-heat and his fitness was not at his best at one point of the match, when the Serbian had to call his trainer to check on him and it seemed that he was going to retire at the beginning of the second set, but after some minutes he returned and finished the game.

Since the beginning of the match, the British played with great confidence making vast of great shots and converting amazing plays into points. Djokovic for his part was rushing on his strokes and was converting too much unforced errors. Although the Serb rallied momentarily in the second set, he was outplayed for long periods. The Scot produced his typical combination of great defense and offense, smartly changing the pace and mixing his shots. On the other hand, Djokovic was trying to attack the net but was beat by Murray with his incredible passing cross shots.

During the first set, Djokovic drop his serve with four unforced errors and was down 4-0, however he tried to comeback with some good plays but was too late and he lost the first set 6-2. The second set started with Murray breaking right in the first game, but right after this, an exhausted Djokovic called his trainer, which inevitably recalled the Australian Open quarterfinal game against Roddick when the Serb also struggled with the heat and retired. However, this time Djokovic decided to return, but this moment of doubt seemed to affect Murray’s concentration lowering his game a little and as a result Djokovic rapidly found the way to make a comeback winning four consecutive games.

In that moment the Serbian managed to take a 5-2 lead and he had two set points when serving at 5-3, but Murray saved the first and a double-fault adding for the second. Later on, the Scot equalize 5-5 with three aces and Djokovic when down. The British, winning 10 of the last 11 points for five straight games fulfill his triumph at Miami.

The advantage and superiority of Murray over Djokovic was evident during the match, from their fitness strength to the statistics, in where the Serbian converted 43 unforced errors compared to just 19 from the British. This title is the first for a British in this tournament and the third one for Andy Murray of the last five Masters Series 1000. Murray has an amazing win-loss record of 57-7 since last season, which is currently the best in the ATP Tour and has lost just two times this year, against Fernando Verdasco in the fourth round of the Australian Open and against Rafael Nadal in the final of Indian Wells.

Definitely the Scottish has improved and this has been shown in every part of his game. His motivation is at the top and he is confident that he will continue climbing in the rankings and on his game. With this title the British is only 170 points away from world No.3 Novak Djokovic and the clay-court season coming up could be a key in the Scots pursue for the top rankings, since this has been the most difficult surface for him in the past and he intends to improve his performance this season. Moreover, one of his main goals for Murray this season is a Grand Slam but he knows he has to work hard for that.

“I'm training very hard to try and do that but there are so many great players just now, Novak, Rafa (Nadal), Roger (Federer) and they've been dominating the slams for the last few years. It would be nice to get in there and take one,” expressed the No.4 of the world.

By: Ally White

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