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Wow, tonight's much anticipated match between the current hottest player in the world, Novak Djokovic and British No.1 Andy Murray feared to be a big blowout with another crushing straight sets defeat to the Muzza, just like Robin Soderling did last night. But tonight was anything but, tonight was one of the most outstanding displays that Andy Murray has ever produced on a tennis court. It was an epic match, truly worthy of ATP World Tour Finals match he played against Nadal last year. It proved what I said about Andy being a better player than Soderling, he's miles above him.
And yeah ok as predicted Djokovic did prevail, but he did so by the skin of his teeth. Andy after a crushing first set, fought back to produce some simply phenomenal tennis in the second and third set, as he took the second and pushed Djokovic to the absolute limit in a tiebreaker in the third. However the Serb came through and defeated the Scot in the 3rd, the final result being 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(2) in Djokovic's favour. Its only the second time this year that Djokovic has been pushed so far in a match. And to be pushed by his rival in the Australian Open final it made it even more remarkable. It was the Aussie Open final that should have been. Not only that, despite his loss, he handed Djokovic the toughest test of his unbeaten record so far, bar none (well except for Miami). Just great.
Despite Andy who fought so hard against Djokovic losing, it showed nothing but positives against the world's top player, Andy went toe to toe with him, while so many other players struggled to even take a set off him. Andy tonight proved emphatically that he is a threat to the Serb, and just maybe he will seriously have his hands full going into the French Open. That shows what serious talent Andy has at his disposal, he can even challenge the inevitably new World No.1 player. In the past people have said that Andy has what it takes to be a grand slam champion and tonight I think he almost proved that. Without a doubt even if Andy fails to win a slam this year, he has proven to be a true threat to Djokovic tonight. I think come if not the French Open, then at Wimbledon, Andy will be a serious danger to Djokovic. He surely is hot on Djoky's heels and Andy might just become the new World No.3 before the end of the year.
I knew that Djokovic winning in the end would be inevitable but I'm just astounded at how far Andy pushed him, it was beyond my expectations, especially after such an awful first set. So my thoughts of Andy would be, first off, well bloody done, and take that performance and use it in the French Open. And it also proved what I said tonight, well almost, that Andy Murray is one of the few people that can potentially defeat Novak Djokovic, he's not quite ready to do that yet, but its only a matter of time. Tonight was an utterly outstanding display of perserverance from the Briton, just a shame about the outcome. But as far as I'm concerned its all good and there so many positives for Andy to take away from that match.
Tomorrow Djokovic again for the fourth time will face Nadal, and naturally the Serbian is the hot favourite to win, but Andy pushed him to his limits, so just perhaps maybe Nadal can utilise that to beat him. However even in times of sheer pressure this year Djokovic has managed to produce some reserve energy when he really needed it. But to be fair to Djoky I do have to take my hat off to him, its quite an achievement, win or lose today, his run is an incredible feat, how long it will last is not certain, but he could go unbeaten all year! But in the meantime another intruiging final awaits.
So on WTA side tomorrow its Sam Stosur vs Maria Sharapova, who both took out Li Na and Caroline Wozniacki respectively, both of these players really have made an incredible return to form so tomorrow should make for an exciting match. But I remember Stosur saying that Sharapova had always beaten her in the past so I would say that Maria is the favourite, but who knows, this tournament has really been topsy turvey, and by God it has produced some exciting tennis. So hopefully tomorrow will prove to be no exception.
And that's it for now, can't wait!!
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