The Paris title will come down to Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray on Sunday. Murray is No. 3 in the world but will climb to second on Monday and be seeded No. 2 in London regardless of this result.
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will be squaring off for the 30th time in their careers and for the seventh time this season when they meet again in the BNP Paribas Masters on Sunday.
Djokovic is dominating the head-to-head series 20-9, including 5-1 in 2015. The top-ranked Serb lost to Murray at the Rogers Cup this summer but crushed him 6-1, 6-3 in last month’s Shanghai semis. They faced each other for the first time at this Paris Masters event in 2014, when Djokovic rolled through a quarterfinal encounter 7-5, 6-2.
Like his opponent, Murray has played only Shanghai and Paris so far this fall. But the third-seeded Scot still has the World Tour Finals and the Davis Cup championship tie against Belgium remaining on his schedule. Despite those upcoming responsibilities, Murray is looking extremely focused on Paris. He punched his ticket to the final by defeating Borna Coric, David Goffin, Richard Gasquet, and David Ferrer–surrendering just one set to Gasquet in the process.
Djokovic is one away from a third consecutive triumph at this tournament. Challengers who have come and gone this week are Thomaz Bellucci, Gilles Simon, Tomas Berdych, and Stan Wawrinka, However, the No. 1 seed did not exactly coast in the quarters and semis. Djokovic edged Berdych in two tiebreakers with no breaks of serve before holding off Wawrinka 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 on Saturday.
With nine wins in their last 10 meetings, Djokovic is clearly a massive favorite in this one. Murray’s recent victory came when the reigning Australian Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open champion was visibly out of sorts during the Canada-Cincinnati stretch.
To say he is out of sorts no more would be an understatement.
Pick: Djokovic in 2
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where is the time violation warning ! huh! both players taking 27-28 sec between points
that isnt too much
What’s too much.
Trick question: depends on who’s playing.
You’re welcome.
Whatever Rafa takes đ
Snap vmk
When rankings come out tomorrow, Murray will be no 2.
Welcome to the second coming of the weak era.
Lucky is right. Nole was already running to his right waiting on Murray’s cc on that BP.
Didn’t matter as he dumped it into the net.
OMG! What confidence. Djoko nochalantly concedes a point in the game and still ends up breaking Murray. This domination is getting more and more ridiculous. He is making the next best player after him look so pedestrian
Nole like he’s seeing the ball in slow motion.
Guess who would not mind Murray scampering on the baseline from side to side – David Goffin and his team
Looks like its 6-2 first set. Murray doesn’t fare any better than Rafa at Beijing final, at least for the first set, despite Murray being no.2 and Rafa no.7 back then. Its not like Murray doesnt put in the effort.
Its so difficult for Murray to win a point and to hold serve. He’s losing out in his court position too, playing from well behind the baseline while Novak always moves forward.
Now that’s how you convert a second serve break point.
Remember that Rafa?
#Between The Ears
Muzza breaks back, c’mon!
and more importantly holds đ
oh no, gets broken again
NID
Hahaha!! Murray missed a high volley not very unlike the Rafa missed overhead
looks like another title for the Terminator
CP
GSM… Rafa, please get to 100 % soon or Djoko will break all tennis records!
Monumental season! and he looks like he has more gears left :-O
Did anyone really expect any other result today!
Haha nole misspelled merci. mercy is what muzza needed.
Ho, ho I missed that. I’d switched off. Couldn’t listen to the commies droning on and on.
His French is still light years better than mine.
The robot won.
Haha nole won and is no 1 but its still all about The Maestro.
The French love The Maestro.
This big difference between this year and previous years, if there was a record on the line, he often stumbled at the finishing line. Now the prospect spurs him on.
Great observation. US open final a prime example.
Olympics another and how many RGs is it now.