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Andy Murray - Still Room for Improvement at Grand Slam Level

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 Andy Murray lost the final of the 2013 Australian Open in 4 sets to Novak Djokovic   Murray started strongly taking the first set on a tiebreak and had three breakpoints at the start of the 2nd set but was unable to convert them.   After that, Djokovic started to find his rhythm on his groundstrokes and serves and took the 2nd set to a tiebreak, which he won to square the match.   I got the distinct feeling that it was going to be difficult for Murray to regain the momentum, taking into consideration he played Roger Federer in a tough 4 hour battle two nights before.   That turned out to be the case as Murray was broken at 4-3 in the 3rd set, leaving Djokovic to serve it out. The 4th set proved to be a procession for Djokovic, breaking Murray twice who by now was spent physically and emotionally, Djokovic taking it 6-2 to win his 4th Australian Open and 3rd in a row.   The interesting thing was that the pundits were prepared to say ...