Murray upsets Djokovic
MONTREAL It was a big day all around for Andy Murray and his entourage. On the day his coach, former women’s world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo, gave birth to a baby boy, Murray ended an eight-game losing run to Novak Djokovic with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory at the US$4.1 million Rogers Cup on Sunday.
Murray dedicated the win to Mauresmo, who the Scot hired in November in a rare instance of a male player hiring a woman as coach.
“I don’t know much detail,” said Murray, whose wife Kim is due to give birth to their first child in February. “I haven’t spoken to her.
“I’d imagine she’s quite tired. Probably me and my tennis are the last thing on her mind just now, which is totally understandable.”
Murray is 9-19 in his career against Djokovic and beat the Serb for the first time since the 2013 Wimbledon final, also the last time he beat a world No. 1.
With his performance this week, Murray will take over the world No. 2 ranking from Roger Federer for the third time in his career.
The win will be a confidence booster going into the U.S. Open, which starts Aug. 31. But even Murray is not sure what effect Mauresmo becoming a mother will change with their arrangement. He recently added former ATP player Jonas Bjorkman to his team mainly for on-court work.
“I don’t know the answer because we haven’t obviously discussed that yet,” he said. “It doesn’t change anything through the end of this year because we’ve had six months since we found out to plan and talk about things.
“I employed Jonas. He’s going to be with me pretty much every event I play between now and the end of the year. When Amelie is ready to sit down and chat, then we’ll see what it is she wants do, if she wants to continue doing the job, if she wants to stay at home. It’s really up to her. She’s earned the right to make that decision. I don’t feel like it’s for me to decide.”
Second-seeded Murray posted his fourth tournament victory of the year.