The day was clear and the sun bright enough for a perfect Wimbledon Semifinals. Novak Djokovic won the match but it was Juan Martin Delpotro who won the hearts of The Centre Court crowd and even of his Opponent Djokovic.
It was a Match worthy of a semifinals, which highly lived up to its expectations. The Respect shown by both the players for each other has been immensely appreciated by the audience around the world. In the Other semis, Andy Murray won over the Polish Poker, Jerzy Janowicz in 4 sets, dropping the first in tie break.
Its Sunday today and We have two of the best players in the world fighting for the Title. These two locked horns in the Australian Open Final this year, with Novak winning in 4 sets, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3, 6–2.
Novak Djokovic and Andy have been tested many times in such situations, but it will be interesting to see who holds his nerves better than the other.
It will be second Wimbledon Finals for both of them, with Novak having won it in 2011 , while Andy was the Finalist last year. The Burden of becoming the first man after Fred Perry to win The Championship, is such that Andy has himself said of Nerves getting over him. But Andy has all that it needs to win The Championships, he has been tested in Quarters against Fernando, being 2 sets down and winning the match and will also have the Centre Court crowd behind him.
But the real problem comes at 2nd Serves won percentages where Andy is placed fairly higher than Djokovic, Andy has won 71% of his 2nd serve points, where Djokovic has only 39% of his 2nd serve points won. This would bother Djokovic, if at all he has to gain momentum over Andy, he would have to make his best 2nd serves.
BREAK POINT CONVERSION
It was a Match worthy of a semifinals, which highly lived up to its expectations. The Respect shown by both the players for each other has been immensely appreciated by the audience around the world. In the Other semis, Andy Murray won over the Polish Poker, Jerzy Janowicz in 4 sets, dropping the first in tie break.
Its Sunday today and We have two of the best players in the world fighting for the Title. These two locked horns in the Australian Open Final this year, with Novak winning in 4 sets, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3, 6–2.
Novak Djokovic and Andy have been tested many times in such situations, but it will be interesting to see who holds his nerves better than the other.
It will be second Wimbledon Finals for both of them, with Novak having won it in 2011 , while Andy was the Finalist last year. The Burden of becoming the first man after Fred Perry to win The Championship, is such that Andy has himself said of Nerves getting over him. But Andy has all that it needs to win The Championships, he has been tested in Quarters against Fernando, being 2 sets down and winning the match and will also have the Centre Court crowd behind him.
The Sun, UK has put up an article saying that the Tickets for this year's Finals, have recorded its highest rate of £83,785 for 2 tickets, which is 322 times their face value. Can u just believe it???
This is enough to show, what this means to the Brits. Such high Expectations and highly anticipated mach of this year's Wimbledon. Novak on other side, Quietly and Silently reached he semis until the Newspapers in UK spoke about his Semifinal Heroics. Novak is much more composed and calm before a turbulent Match. He would have to not only face Andy Murray but the whole of Britain in his mind. He would love to be called a Slayer of their Hero, for conquering his 7th Grand Slam title and a Second Wimbledon.
UNFORCED ERRORS
Speaking of Other Statistics, Novak Djokovic committed 48 unforced errors in his semis against Delpotro while Andy Murray committed only 15 unforced errors. it is here which would make a difference between the two. If at all Novak would go all out to finish the points faster as he did in the Second set of his semis, probably he would find himself committing unforced errors, but along with this comes the winners too. It would very important to see, who would break the ice first and take a lead. Either of them would find some resistance and would have to consolidate the break to have an upper hand in the match. When it comes to Mental Stability, it very important for both to win big points, which I feel Novak has a slight edge over Andy here. But giving Andy's Motivational win over Verdasco, Novak would have to use all that he has in his armour to win over Andy.
SERVE
Speaking Of Serves, both have a very decent Ist serves In percentage, 69% for Nole and 70% for Andy. The Average speed for both of them is between 120-130 mph for 1st serves and 95-115 for 2nd serves. The Percentage of Ist serves won is also commanding in both cases as 83% for Novak and 76% for Andy.
But the real problem comes at 2nd Serves won percentages where Andy is placed fairly higher than Djokovic, Andy has won 71% of his 2nd serve points, where Djokovic has only 39% of his 2nd serve points won. This would bother Djokovic, if at all he has to gain momentum over Andy, he would have to make his best 2nd serves.BREAK POINT CONVERSION
Also the conversion of break points for Djokovic is 2 out of 10, whereas for Andy it is 4 out of 10. This clearly shows that Andy would not think twice to pounce as an when he gets the Opportunity to break Djokovic.
NET PLAY
Coming to the Most Important play in Tennis, the Net Play. Djokovic has soft hands at nets as compared to Andy, Djokovic would often come towards the net and has found success 75% of times whereas Andy only 60% of time.
Giving a Brief summary, Andy Murray would find resistance in form of the Djokovic double handed backhand and also in terms of Net points. But he would surely not give up easily for the title he has been waiting since long. Andy Murray would be the Happiest man on earth, should he win The Championships, else it would be very difficult for him to come to terms with the loss. Hope for an Epic encounter between the two of greatest fighters and their wills on Court this day.
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