Serving for the title, Murray
is greeted by a huge roar of encouragement as he walks to the baseline. You
sense that Djokovic isn’t finished yet, though. It’s rarely been his style to
leave without a fight. But it’s 15-0 when Djokovic sends a shabby backhand
long. An ace down the middle from Murray makes it 30-0. The cheers become that
bit more urgent. Murray nets a backhand to make it 30-15, though, before
netting a forehand to make it 30-all. It’s never easy, is it? Thoughts drift
back to the Wimbledon final in 2013. But Murray earns his first championship point, a volley forcing Djokovic to dab a strange lob
well past the baseline. The roar is deafening. What Murray would give for a
first serve here. Before they can get down to business, though, the umpire has
to tell everyone to turn the lights off their phones. Eventually Murray swings
an ace down the middle. But it’s a let. So they go again. Djokovic cracks a
forehand into the right corner and charges forward to stay alive with a smash.
Another monstrous serve from Murray earns him a second championship point, though. Naturally, he nets a first serve. His
first serve is weak. Djokovic dominates a short rally and wins it with a
wonderful forehand, but then he drags a forehand wide. Murray has a third championship point. Murray sends a first serve long. The tension is
unbearable. The second serve is there to be hit, so Djokovic hits it.
Unfortunately for him, brilliantly for Murray, his forehand flies wide and
long! That’s it! Murray has won the ATP World Tour Finals for
the first time in his career and finishes the year as the world No1!
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