But Murray puts one at his feet and Djokovic can only punt it back long! In 2016 final … Oh dear. Murray goes long on his first return for 15-0, but Djokovic then steers a backhand just wide on the left side. Murray complains about the crowd and the overhead camera, but he has some bigger fish to fry. You serve 100 miles an hour second serve on the grass, that’s a little bit different to doing it on a slow, heavy clay court. One of the biggest challenges for Murray is not to start berating himself if things are going badly. What he has achieved in the last 12 months is phenomenal. The first seven points of the match went against serve as breaks were exchanged to open proceedings. Novak backs that up with a serve into the body to take the advantage. On … When the Seine bursts its banks, and the Venus de Milo has to be moved to higher ground. “It makes a huge difference. Novak goes long with a forehand, and it feels more like a gift than a point earned for Andy. This is where Murray's fortunes are turning, it seems. The pair have never played on the pro tour, but did clash in the Roland Garros junior singles tournament in 2016 – a match won by Swiatek. Seldom, if ever, has a player made the brilliant look so businesslike. Novak goes wide on the right with a forehand - not sure Murray would have got there if it had been the other side of the line - but a net cord scuppers Murray's latest break point. Djokovic lets Andy back in with a clumsy drop-shot attempt into the net, but secures the hold with a cushioned volley. Djokovic moves to 3-0 and, worryingly, Murray was never really in that last game. Murray gets pinned back again, though, and it's 15-30. He can't get a first serve in, though. Novak Djokovic won the French Open title 6 … Djokovic has become the finest frontrunner in the sport and knows that he can prey on Murray’s frustrations if things are slipping away from him. 03/06/2016 17:29 CEST. A backhand down the line, with Djokovic beaten, still can't creep the right side of the chalk. Ask Novak Djokovic to hit a winner for your life and he would most likely land it plumb on the baseline. Djokovic's forehand lets him down on the next, though: 30-15. Djokovic may have ended his French Open run at the semi-final stage last year, but Murray won their 33rd and latest encounter 6-3, 6-3 in Rome last month. The official website of Novak Djokovic with exclusive photos, videos, results, biographical information, articles and interviews. Deuce! Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic. Garbiñe Muguruza - Serena Williams, 2016 final: highlights. Our man Charlie Eccleshare has the five-point answer to that one, including two vital tips: Murray has never beaten Djokovic having lost the first set, so it’s critical he makes a strong start. Sharp serving also allowed him to set up a high number of forehands on the third shot of the rally. Over the past two years, the red dust has gone from being his Kryptonite to his inspiration. Andy Murraywins the coin-flip, and he will serve first. The third? Djokovic takes the first point here, with a Murray forehand flying long, but he can't get hold of the next serve: 15-all. Here's Novak Djokovic being utterly unbeatable in their semi-final meeting at Roland Garros a year ago... Our man Simon Briggs previews the final from Paris. Murray digs out a backhand from in front of his toes and it's hopelessly long: yet another two break points. It always seems to be the way for Murray. His rate of clean winners fell through the floor from that point, with 10 coming in the first set and just 13 more thereafter. Moya - Corretja, Roland-Garros 1998 final: the highlights Monday 26 February 2018. Second serve...and Djokovic moves off balance to get to it. The Serb will now have to serve for the title... Djokovic leaps high to bury one at the net for 15-0. Andy Murray took exception to a French journalist in his player's box. Big shot. AFP. Murray looks round to watch the ball fly long, to his obvious relief. A recharged Murray, 15-0 down, charges into the net to thump home a forehand but Djokovic immediately returns the favour for 30-15. Murray belts his backhands into the corner until Djokovic comes up with an outrageous angle on his dropshot that Andy can't reach! Garbiñe Muguruza is into the final of Roland Garros de París and will face Serena Williams on Saturday. Another mistimed backhand slice hits the net, though. Double fault! DEUCE. At that point, history seemed to favour Murray, who had never previously lost a match at Roland Garros after winning the opening set, while he had also not lost a match after winning the opening set in 49 consecutive Grand Slam matches. However, it wasn't until the seventh point of the match that a server won their first point. WHAT A POINT. Ominously enough, Djokovic has won 12 of their last 14 meetings. Ace! Murray makes a bad start to a vital service game, steering a backhand from under his feet wide of the right sideline. Murray digs in, Djokovic goes long: 40-15! Finally to Novak. Championship point x 2. Murray has to chase it, but it's a draining, pointless effort: 0-30 soon becomes 0-40 and he's very irritated now. Novak Djokovic is the French Open champion! On his way there, Murray is projected to face Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the French Open semifinal. Maybe on the quicker surfaces you can do that. Once Roger Federer's mark of 17 major triumphs looked impossible to emulate but Djokovic, all four Grand Slam titles safely banked in his apartment in Monte Carlo, could have done so by the end of next year. Advertising. And he puts the backhand wide! However, they clashed once in juniors - also at Roland Garros, in the third round of the 2016 girls' event. Djokovic mauls Thiem to reach fourth Roland Garros final. Murray half-volleys a backhand well long and he's broken straight away! Garbiñe Muguruza es el último nombre propio que reina en la tierra de la capital francesa. Murray looks to the sky: he overcooks a forehand to close the door on himself. 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Deuce. Murray digs out a gusty backhand that slides underneath the Djokovic racket on the stretch! There's another bit of charity, though, and it's 30-15. Murray nets a backhand. Murray finds an inch-perfect lob to back up a dropper! ROLAND-GARROS, Paris. Novak Djokovic also becomes third man to hold all four Grand Slams at the same time, joining Don Budge (1937-38) and Rod Laver (1962/1969). Djokovic, by contrast, stood at 69 per cent. And fairly soon he could sit alone atop the Mount Olympus of his sport. “Why not stop for a little bit and have at least a little more time to get the court in a proper state so we can play on the high level?”. Murray restores some order with a big serve out wide. Murray was the dominant player in the first set through judicious use of his forehand, which he hit with the rare power we tend only to see in matches against Djokovic. Murray’s serve, meanwhile, was not causing as much damage and thus not setting up as many forehands. Murray has given himself a glimmer here.... Djokovic keeps his nerve to find the corner with a forehand: 0-15. Djokovic pummels the second into submission - brave stuff from him. 3,059,099 likes. Final de Roland Garros 2016. There were also losses to Robin Soderling (a knee problem and a family issue) in 2009 and to Djokovic in 2015 (at a low ebb in confidence with no pre-Roland Garros clay-court titles) and as well as 2016 when a left wrist injury forced him to withdraw from a third-round match. ITV surely setting some sort of post-war record for ratio of studio furniture to broadcasting human beings. In the Australian Open final in January by contrast, Murray lost the first set 6-1 and was playing catch-up throughout, which played perfectly into Djokovic’s hands. Novak is 40-0 just as soon as Murray unburies his face from a towel. Three break points. ITV will be have coverage from 1.30pm, as too will Eurosport. “And I asked him, ‘is it necessary that something like this happens, that somebody gets injured until he realizes what’s going on?’ At the end of the day, it is his decision whether or not the court is playable. Djokovic commences Operation Turn the Screw, and Murray screws a backhand wide of the left sideline. Ace! Djokovic saved a break point in the opening game with judicious use of the oldest play in the book, the forehand approach up the line and overhead kill. Murray drags himself level again, but Djokovic plucks an ace out of his pocket and swings it down the T. A net cord helps a Novak backhand wide, though: deuce. And bear in mind how important that second set was, because Murray’s record against Djokovic after splitting the first two sets now stands at one win from 12 attempts. Here comes that drop-shot, Murray races in to try and rescue things, and Djokovic goes just wide with a passing shot: 0-30! Three set points! But he forces an error from Novak. Murray can only claw a forehand into the net for 30-0. Djokovic about to become the first man to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once since Rod Laver in 1969. Murray goes wide as he jumps into a big forehand: 40-0. And again! He's rock solid, he knows his game so well and he's mentally focused. Murray can't capitalise, though, as he faces a big Novak serve. Murray digs a hopeful chip long, but it's called from the crowd! Ominously, though, the longer Djokovic lasted in his latest eclipse of Andy Murray, the more he acquired the sheen of a man burnished by a month's break in the Seychelles.
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