Recap of the fiercest battles of 2012: Djokovic vs. Murray – Miami Open 2012
World number one, Novak Djokovic, rallied past the British participant, Andy Murray, in the final round of the Sony Ericsson Open held at the hard courts of Miami, Florida. The Serb consolidated a straight-sets win, 6-1, 7-6(4).
In an interview with the media, Djokovic said, “Any title is big, and it means a lot. I've won three times here. I think that says enough about how I feel playing in Miami. I love the crowd. I have been really playing well in the
last couple of years here, so this is going to be very encouraging for me prior to the clay-court season. I feel that being No. 1 and having the best year of my career in 2011, I'm playing at the peak of my form. So that makes it even tougher for anybody to
win a title. But I'm ready for it.”
In the earlier past, the British challenger defeated Djokovic in the semi-final round of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship. At the Australian Open 2012, the right-hander Serbian contender took over the front line in a five-set
match at the Melbourne Park.
The 25-year-old penned down his 11th ATP Masters title and was the first contender to win the tournament without facing any loss since 2007. The British struggled hard to secure his victory but had dropped his second
tile of the season against the Serb.
The lower ranked, Murray, tried to maintain his consistency and displayed his maximum potential to take over. Djokovic fired massive serves with immense fury and committed lesser unforced errors than usual. He was very determined
to win and even bounced off this racket in frustration as he started to lose hold of the game.
The higher-ranked, Djokovic, secured a relatively better initial serve precision of 66 percent with just five aces. He committed double faults twice with just 35 of 47 first and 15 of 24 second delivery points. He secured the front
line by capitalizing on two of eight serve opportunities and his challenger was unable to bag away even one. On the other hand, the young Scot attained 55 percent serve accuracy with six aces. He double faulted three times, with 29 of 47 first and 20 of 38
second serve points.
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