Time for Murray and Djokovic to clash again
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The two top seeds – now, with their roles reversed, met frequently on tour last year – at the finals of the Australian and French Open, capping off the year with a face-off at the ATP World Tour Finals, a Murray win that meant he held on to the World No. 1 title.
Djokovic, although still appearing to struggle somewhat, pipped Murray to the ATP Doha title early in the year; that said, the Serb’s points deficit is a significant one – currently at 5,600, and one he will want to make up as soon as possible.
Both players saw early exits at the Australian Open this year – Djokovic courtesy Denis Istomin, Murray courtesy Mischa Zverev, but Murray has managed to keep his morale since, pipping Fernando Verdasco to lift the ATP500 Dubai trophy last week.
Djokovic, meanwhile, made his debut in Acapulco, at the ATP500 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – and in a shocker, went out in a straight-sets quarter-final loss to Australian ace Nick Kyrgios.
It could mean one of two things – Murray could either exact ‘revenge’, in a manner of speaking, against Djokovic, or rub salt in the wounds of his flagging rival in widening his points lead.
Whatever the result is, a clash between the top two players in the world promises to be a tight display of tennis, and the added on-court history and tension between the players will make this a good one.
