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For the first time in nine tries, Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic, and wins the Rogers Cup
MONTREAL – Andy Murray dedicated the three hours of hard labour he put in on the stadium court at the Rogers Cup Sunday to his coach, Amélie Mauresmo.
The Frenchwoman put a lot more hours of labour in than that as she delivered her first child, a boy, on the same day Murray put an end to an eight-match losing streak against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.
The 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory was hard-fought on a very hot afternoon. And in the end, when Murray might have flinched, he saved all nine break points he faced on his serve in that deciding set.
"To win this one was nice, especially the way the match was as well. It would have been easy for me to let that one slip away. But I fought well and stayed calm in the important moments of the third set," Murray said. "I would say the margins were so fine. I think there were only six or seven points over three hours. It's not exactly loads to pick from there. But I felt like I played as aggressively as I could today. That helped."
By reaching the final, Murray is back to the No. 2 spot in the world, a ranking he hasn't held for exactly two years, in the aftermath of his Wimbledon title. That, perhaps not entirely coincidentally, was the last time he defeated Djokovic, with back surgery and the long return from that in between.
For Djokovic, who had his share of issues this week, especially with his elbow, it was a tough go after about a set and a half. "It was unfortunate. Came at the wrong time. But I guess because of the overload in a way, it's understandable. We played over two and a half hours to that point. So the elbow suffered a little bit," said Djokovic, who added that he simply lost to the better player on the day. "It was unfortunate because I didn't get any free points basically in the third set on my serve. That made a difference. It made my life difficult on the court."
Murray's serve got him out of trouble on numerous occasions – especially in the fifth game of the third set, when Murray was up 3-1 but in major danger of coughing up that break in a game that lasted some 18 minutes.
"I didn't have a rally opportunity. He came up – I think he saved four, five breakpoints with first serves, wide, T, and he was hitting the angle well. He served very efficiently today. I think that has got him out of the trouble," Djokovic said.
"I think I did come up and play aggressively when I needed to. Especially in the third set when I was breakpoints down, I finished a couple of points up at the net, got some free points on my first serve, as well," Murray said.
The stats were fairly similar across the board so in the end, it was precisely thoes six of seven points over a three-hours, as Murray said, that were the difference.
Now both will head to Cincinnati for another Masters 1000-level tournament, no doubt pretty wrung out by a tough week in tough conditions that included rain delays, doubles, late nights and on the final day, extreme heat and humidity.
After a first-round bye, Djokovic will play wither Gilles Muller of Luxembourg or lucky loser Benoit Paire of France. Murray, seeded No. 3 and in the half of the draw with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, will play the winner of a first-round match between American wild-card Mardy Fish and Viktor Troicki of Serbia.
