After the game, Djokovic continued his rant about the smell, and declared that he hopes the person responsible doesn’t return to the court for the final, which will see him play Andy Murray on Sunday night. Murray will line up against Djokovic after the top seed defeated France’s Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-4 in the other semi-final.
Murray dedicated the victory to his coach, Amelie Mauresmo, the former women’s star who gave birth to a boy Saturday. “I’m sure she was a little bit exhausted, but Amelie this one’s for you, thank you”, Murray said on Sky Sports 1.
The Scot dominated from the base-line throughout the finals to notch up his 11th Masters title.
He broke his opponent in the second game to burst to a 3-0 lead and then hung on for his third title on the Canadian hardcourts, and first since 2010.
But Murray would have the last word, ending a run of three straight Djokovic games before taking the second of two break points as the number one seed mishit a forehand.
With this win, Murray was successful in ending an eight match losing streak against Djokovic.
“Murray had not beaten Djokovic since claiming the Wimbledon final in 2013 “To win this one was nice, especially the way the match went as well”, Murray 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”, Murray said of the baby’s birth. I wasn’t able to.
Djokovic said that he was annoyed briefly during his match by the smell of marijuana smoke from the stands. He’s the best player in the world, but his tendency to use certain tricks and tactics during matches that have nothing to do with tennis haven’t disappeared.
This is the Swiss teenager’s second career title which is sure to propel her to rank No. 12 when the new WTA rankings come out. “I think it stopped after a while”.
“But he still has to get past Federer and Djokovic and to do that he’ll need to be at his very best”.
“Novak made it extremely hard out there”, said the two-time Grand Slam champion, who needed five match points to win as the Djokovic defence came to life.