Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray share a very good relationship. The world no.1 and the Brit champion had a rather entertaining online conversation during the lockdown agreeing on many points. However, for once, Novak and Andy have a different opinion about Djokovic’s idea of creating a new players’ association (the Professional Tennis Players Association) to have more weight in the negotiations with the slams and the other tournaments. Novak resigned from being the President of the player council in the ATP as he wasn’t satisfied with what he could obtain in that position and he thinks that an entity that is external to the ATP will help the players.
Andy Murray’s points vs. Djokovic’ association
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have already expressed their disapproval with Novak’s idea. When asked about his position about the Professional Tennis Players Association, Andy Murray said that he didn’t support it because the new ATP management needs to have enough time to implement the proposed vision and the women are not part of the new association. The new Chairman of the ATP, Andrea Gaudenzi, took the new job at the end of last year and so far Djokovic has managed to get in the new association only players from the ATP.
This was Murray’s reply:
“I’m not totally against a player union, player association, but right now there’s a couple of things. One is, I feel like the current management that is in place should be given some time to implement their vision.
The fact that the women aren’t part of it, I feel like [that restructuring] would send a much more powerful message if the WTA were on board with it, as well. That’s not currently the case.”
Novak Djokovic in 2020
At the moment ranked no.1, Djokovic played his last match on the 29th of August when he overcame Milos Raonic 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the final in New York to win his 80th career title.
At present, this year Djokovic has a 23-0 win-loss record. Novak clinched 3 titles in 2020 at the Australian Open, in Dubai and in New York.
Andy Murray in 2020
Now ranked no.134, Murray played his last match on the 25th of August when he lost to Milos Raonic 6-2 6-2 in the 3rd round in New York.
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray played each other 36 times. The head to head is 25-11
for Djokovic. The last time that they locked horns, Novak Djokovic won 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the final in Doha (Qatar ExxonMobil Open) in January 2017.Roger Federer in 2020
Now the world no.4, Federer played his last match on the 30th of January when he lost to Novak Djokovic 7-61 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal of the Australian Open.
Roger Federer’s most significant accomplishment of the current year was reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open.
Rafael Nadal in 2020
Currently ranked no.2, Nadal played his last match on the 29th of February when he beat Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-2 in the final in Acapulco to win his 85th career title.
Currently, this season Nadal has a 13-3 win-loss record. Rafael has won 1 title in Acapulco.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal played each other 40 times. The head to head is 24-16 for Nadal. The last time that they played, Roger Federer won 7-63 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in London (Wimbledon) in July 2019.
Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray |
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