Andy Murray meets with the media after losing in straight sets the final of the Paris-Bercy ATP Masters 1000 tournament to Novak Djokovic. Murray reflects on his season and his results against the best players in the world, which have not been as good as the 2013 Wimbledon champion was hoping for.
Andy Murray has lost in the final of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris to Novak Djokovic. The Brit only conquered 6 games, in a final that fans were hoping could last a little longer and with a lot more battle. It was the 6th time that Andy and Novak met on a tennis court in 2015. Five times the Serb won, with Murray only clinching victory in the final of the Canadian Masters 1000, won by the Brit in three sets.
For someone used to battle and beat the very best ones like Andy, 2015 can be considered slightly frustrating in terms of how many times Murray ended up exiting the court beaten against the toughest competition and Andy was the first one to admit his frustration to the media.
“Since the beginning of last year, my results against Novak and Roger from my perspective, haven’t been good enough. You know, I need to do better in those matchups. It is harder to play against a top player compared to someone ranked at No.8 in the world. You know, those two are two of the greatest players of all time, so it’s not like there is not disgrace in losing against them. But I still feel like I need to do better. The score line in the last couple of matches hasn’t been good”
“Against Roger as well, you know, I really need to do better. I need to think about what is that and what is it that I can do to change that and turn it around” revealed Murray.
Andy also said his last part of the 2015 has been good, but as good as he was hoping for. Particularly frustrating for the 2-time Slam champion is that he doesn’t manage to play his best tennis against the best competition. In Shanghai he lost to Djokovic after playing at a very high level of tennis all week. The same happened in Paris now, and yet again Murray didn’t play his very best level against the World No.1.
Speaking of the last two important events left in the season, Andy revealed he will first prepare for clay, for the Davis Cup final, and then get to London at the O2 no sooner than Friday.
Here a video of Andy confirming the feat (www.tennisactu.com):
