Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic are not only rivals and prime movers in the chase to overtake Roger Federer as the game’s best player; they are also complete contemporaries, with the 22 year-olds’ birthdays only a week apart. However, there the similarity ends when it comes to feeling a responsibility to tournaments such as the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships where a grand-slam trophy or a Masters 1000 Shield might not be at stake but great financial riches are on offer and the hospitality deserves reward.
Sitting in the same chair 24 hours earlier after losing on the same court, Murray said defeat against Djokovic’s fellow Serb Janko Tisparevic wasn’t the end of the world because events of this nature are an opportunity to experiment and practise different tactics. [Read More]
