Andy Murray explains how Novak Djokovic created psychological

26 February، 2023

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Andy Murray believes Novak Djokovic created a psychological advantage for him by winning matches in which he was facing match points. Djokovic, 35, has many times won matches when he was a match point down – most notably, Djokovic saved two championship points in the 2019 Wimbledon final against Roger Federer.

This week in Dubai, Murray saved three match points in his tournament opener against Lorenzo Sonego. A couple of days later, Murray saved five match points to beat Jiri Lehecka in the Dubai semifinal. After beating Lehecka, Murray made an interesting observation.

“Someone like Novak has come back from very difficult situations, & certainly it has appeared that players think about it a bit when they are getting close to the finish line. That’s something I’m feeling a bit just now,” Murray said, per Musab Abid.

Andy Murray on the psychological advantage of saving MPs:

“Someone like Novak has come back from very difficult situations, & certainly it has appeared that players think about it a bit when they are getting close to the finish line.

That’s something I’m feeling a bit just now”. — Musab (@Musab_Abid) February 24, 2023

Murray: I play for moments like this

Murray, 35, had two major hip surgeries several years ago. Since 2017, Murray hasn’t made any deep Grand Slam runs.

When it became clear that Murray wasn’t anymore the player he once was, some around him started asking him why he was still playing. “When people have asked me a lot over the last few years, like, Why are you still playing, or, What are you looking to get out of the last few years of your career, it’s like, yeah, for moments like that in big matches, you know, the latter stages of events,” Murray said.

Andy Murray: “When people have asked me a lot over the last few years, like, Why are you still playing, or, What are you looking to get out of the last few years of your career, it’s like, yeah, for moments like that in big matches, you know, the latter stages of events”.

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