Andy Murray’s best tournament used to be the USA Open.
Now it’s Wimbledon.
He could beat Nadal or Raonic at Wimbledon. He could also beat Federer, the greatest tennis player who ever lived.
Andy has got used to the media hype, the huge expectations. And he thrived on the patriotic support when we won the Davis Cup.
By the time I got up today I’d missed the first set of the Australian Open in Melbourne. Novak Djokovic won that 6-1.
The second set was a battle that lasted 80 minutes.
At 3-3 Andy served an ace, then a double fault.
At 4-4 it got dramatic and Andy took a 5-4 lead.
He was putting 70% of his first serves in and hitting some shots than even Djokovic could’t get near. But at 5-5 and deuce he hit one into the tramlines for advantage Djokovic and he went 6-5 down and that left Djokovic serving for a two-set lead.
Djokovic then served two double faults!
But Andy let him off the hook.
The third set went to tie break and 6-3 before Djokovic aced Murray down the middle to win the Australian Open for the fifth time in six years.
The Serb owns Melbourne now.
But Andy can beat him at Wimbledon. It’s possible.
Why is Djokovic still the world No.1? Because he got Boris Becker to coach him.