Andy Murray admits he needs to play better against Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer
Andy Murray admits that he needs to play his best if he wants a chance to bring down the best players in the game, particularly World No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia and all-time great Roger Federer of Switzerland.
"Obviously this year [Novak Djokovic’s] level has been incredible. Since the beginning of last year, my results against him and Roger [Federer], from my perspective, haven't been good enough. I need to do better in those matchups,” Murray, who is currently ranked World No. 2, admitted in an interview via atpworldtour.com.
"It's harder playing against the best players. Those two are two of the greatest players of all time, so there is no disgrace in losing to them. But I do feel like I need to start doing better in those matchups, because the scoreline in the last couple of matches there hasn't been good."
Murray has losing records against both Djokovic and Federer winning a combined 20 matches but losing 35. Murray holds a 9-21 record against the Serbian and 11-14 against the Swiss.
The 28-year-old Murray has won two Grand Slam titles in his career, the US Open in 2012 and the Wimbledon Championships in 2013.
However, ever since his title at the All-England Club, Murray has just won one match against Djokovic, who is 10-1 against the Scot in their last 11 head-to-head meetings. Murray’s record against Federer is better but he has also lost five consecutive matches against the Swiss Maestro with his last win coming in the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open.
Most recently, Murray lost to Djokovic, 2-6 4-6 in the final of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris France. Murray will have a chance to improve against Federer and/or Djokovic in the upcoming ATP World Tour Finals 2015 where the top eight players in the world will compete for the season-ending finale.
Murray, Federer and Djokovic will be joined by Stan Wawrinka, Tomas Berdych, Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori in the tournament held in London starting Nov. 15.
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