Andy Murray will confront a well known adversary in Novak Djokovic in the last of the French Open on Sunday. This will be their 34th meeting and seventh in a Grand Slam last, with Djokovic driving the no holds barred 23-10.
The Serbian is offering to end up the primary man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold every one of the four hammer titles in the meantime. Here we take a gander at what Murray needs to do in the event that he is to beat the Serbian and win his third hammer title.
1. Accept
It was just a year ago that Murray first started to think he could win the French Open title in the wake of changing himself into one of the world's top mud courters. There is doubtlessly Djokovic's record on the red stuff – and on each other surface – is unrivaled in any case, without precedent for their seven hammer finals, Murray is by all account not the only player who has never won the title. Murray will be frantic to lift the trophy yet this is somewhat of a reward for him though Djokovic has been edgy to win at Roland Garros for quite a long time. The weight is on the Serbian, and Murray must utilize that further bolstering his good fortune. The Scot, in the interim, realizes that, for all Djokovic's strength, he won their past meeting in Rome three weeks prior. It is a tough undertaking yet an a long way from an outlandish one.
2. Keep his cool
Tennis is as much a fight between the ears as one of rackets and balls, and both these players wear their hearts on their sleeves. Murray's issues with on-court conduct and being excessively negative are all around archived. Djokovic is additionally inclined to rages and attacks of temper, which was in confirmation recently when he may have been defaulted had a racket he hammered into the earth in resentment hit a line judge as opposed to simply missed him. Djokovic additionally lost his cool in the Rome last, exhausting his vitality whining about the wet conditions. Murray was by a wide margin the more quiet man that day and, as he appeared in his semi-last against Stan Wawrinka, when he can stay started up yet engaged, he is an extremely unsafe client to be sure.
3. Get off to a decent begin
Winning the principal set is constantly imperative yet especially in matches amongst Djokovic and Murray. Just four times in all their past gatherings has the man who lost the primary set won the match. Furthermore, Djokovic was the champ on each of those events. Murray was on structure from the begin against Wawrinka and should be at that level once more.
4. Serve well
These two are the best returners in the diversion and two of the best in history so free focuses on serve are both uncommon and extremely valuable. Murray's first serve is more effective than Djokovic's yet his second is without a doubt weaker – albeit abundantly made strides. Murray is averaging 64% of first serves in, and on the off chance that he can stay at that level it will give him a shot. Anything underneath 60% and Djokovic is liable to direct a lot in Murray's administration amusements. The Scot won a very great 61% of focuses on his second serve against Wawrinka, which was one of the keys to him winning the match.
5. Blend it up
Murray normally has more assortment in his amusement than Djokovic and he should utilize that further bolstering his good fortune. Djokovic is the expert at managing from the standard, utilizing his exceptional velocity and precision to bore the ball from corner to corner until an opening presents itself. Murray must toss in cuts, present Djokovic, go to the net himself and, yes, send the drop shot. The Scot's commentators castigate him for over-utilizing it, and that was surely the body of evidence in his quarter-last against Richard Gasquet. In any case, it is an imperative instrument in his ordnance and can be an extremely successful strategy on mud. He got it spot on against Wawrinka, who couldn't read what Murray was going to do next. The British number one likewise won 19 of 23 net focuses against Wawrinka. A rehash would put him while in transit to triumph.