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| Andy Murray enjoying the winner's confetti at the O2 arena, after beating Novak Djokovic to seal his place as the year ending world No. 1 tennis player |
It was framed as a question but it sounded more like a threat. Novak Djokovic was merrily destroying the hopelessly outmatched Kei Nishikori on Saturday night when a cry from the stands at the O2 Arena threw the narrative forward to the following evening: “Are you watching, Andy Murray?”
The crowd chuckled nervously and it was difficult to find too many
optimistic Murray fans before he faced Djokovic in the final match of
the year. Murray had taken so long to win his epic match against Milos Raonic at the ATP World Tour Finals
on Saturday afternoon that he was walking into his press conference
around the same time that Djokovic began a clinical humiliation of
Nishikori. That seemed to confirm the Serb was finally back to his
fearsome best after a wretched few months that began with his shock
defeat to Sam Querrey in the third round of Wimbledon and resulted in
him dropping to No2 in the rankings after Paris two weeks ago.
