The British No1 must start well,match the Serb’s intensity, attack an occasionally errant forehand, or get the Melbourne crowd on side and beware the intellect gamesAgainst a man who has dominated the tour and beaten all and sundry for the best part of two years,it nearly goes without saying that starting slowly is likely to be a recipe for disaster. Of their three most recent grand slam meetings, Djokovic has won the first set in each, and although two of them were in tie-breaks. whether Murray is going to win,the chances are he is going to need to get inside Djokovic’s head and winning the first set may be one way he can accomplish it. He managed it at the US Open in 2012 and at Wimbledon in 2013 and we all know what happened then. whether he has recovered well enough from having 24 hours less than Djokovic to prepare, and he is ready from the first ball, or anything is possible.
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Source: theguardian.com