Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic to win Canadian Open

While Djokovic has come in as a -2500 favorite (bet365), odds that imply about a 96% chance of winning, when odds on the Murray/Nishikori match are released I would expect the World No. 3, Murray, to be an ever so slight favorite.

“But not taking anything away from him, from his victory”.

He said it was par for the course for every athlete in professional sport to have “something troubling” him.

Speaking after the match, Murray dedicated the win to his coach Mauresmo, announcing that she gave birth to a baby boy on Sunday morning.

The third set had some thrilling moments with Murray dominating and Djokovic putting up a good defense, though not good enough to prevent Murray from pulling ahead 3-0. The British no. 1 hired Mauresmo last Nov.in a rare case of a woman coaching a male tennis player. Djokovic told reporters that he hoped that whoever the culprit was would not be back for the finals match.

As Murray continued to reign supreme, Djokovic suddenly began to move awkwardly as he complained about his recurring shoulder injury, but he secured his first game of the set to ensure there would be no bagel either way.

Looks like Andy Murray gained more confidence after his marriage to Kim Sears and after his performance at Wimbledon 2015!

Andy Murray said: “One of the things I spoke about at the beginning of the year was consistency”.

It will put Djokovic, ranked first in the world, against Murray, who will take over the No. 2 ranking with his semifinal win.

Djokovic said that the test on his right elbow’s form this week proved to be positive, meaning he is not anxious with the approach of the US Open starting August 31.

“But he still has to get past Federer and Djokovic and to do that he’ll need to be at his very best”. A ferocious baseline battle went to deuce 10 times and Murray fought off six break points to take the game.

“Andy is all-around player, very complete, and has been around for so many years”, Djokovic said. I didn’t serve well the first set and a half.

“But it was a great week all in all for me”, he said.

“Everyone involved in the game assumes that to win more he’s going to have to get past Novak Djokovic”. “I’m playing better as the tournament progressed, and hopefully I can continue in the same style in Cincinnati”.