A recap of the fiercest battles of 2012: Murray vs Djokovic – US Open 2012
Ranked third in the South African Airways ATP World Tour Rankings, Andy Murray, secured the most surprising win of the season at the hard courts of New York at the US Open Championship.
The young professional has journeyed a long way ever since he first entered and made it the final of the world’s biggest tennis courts.
In the past, the British number one made it to the final round of four Grand Slam Championships. After winning the match against the higher ranked Serbian, Novak Djokovic, he became the first British professional after 79 years. His performance as professional
has drastically improved ever since the arrival of his new coach, Ivan Lendl. He contested in the Grand Slam with great hopes to take over the world number one spot and after his triumph received an enormous deal of appreciation at the hands of the British
fans.
Murray told the media, “When I was serving for the match, there's a sense of how big a moment that is in British tennis history, really. So that obviously adds to it. I know more than most British players — I have been asked about it many times when I got
close to winning Grand Slams before. I get asked about it more and more, even after I won the Olympics. So it's great to have finally done it, and I hope now it inspires some kids to play tennis and also takes away the notion that British tennis players choke
or don't win or it's not a good sport.”
The two contenders waged a battle for nearly four hours and 53 minutes, Murray marked a win after a breath taking five setter thriller 7-6(10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2. He had to face a tough competition at the hands of the Serbian player. Nonetheless, Murray
started to breakdown by the end of the third as he was suffering from jelly knees due to of continuous stirring up.
The 25-year-old, Murray, adopted a more proactive and diligent game plan and shifted his strategy as the game progressed. In spite of the few initial errors, the Scot sustained his serve and responded back to Djokovic with his high performance.
The reigning world number one, Djokovic, started to construct his win in the third and fourth set and had a fair chance to take over. Murray was at an advantage to his earlier and continuously thundered across powerful backhands.
The 25-year-old, Djokovic, pocketed away 62 percent first serve accuracy and thundered seven aces. He committed five double faults and 65 unforced errors. He had a relatively point score conversion of 65 of 103 first and 26 of 62 points. The British qualifier
attained 65 percent initial serve precision with five aces. He very confidently snatched away eight of 17 serve break opportunities with 61 of 98 points.
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