Murray takes long road to reel in old rival Djokovic


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 05 Nov 2016

Tennis - Paris Masters tennis tournament men's singles quarterfinals - Novak Djokovic of Serbia v Marin Cilic of Croatia - Paris, France - 4/11/2016 - Djokovic reacts at the end of the match. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

LONDON (Reuters) - New world number one Andy Murray was born a week before Novak Djokovic and won the pair's first junior tussle on the tennis court.

Since then he has spent his professional career playing catch-up with the Serb who always found a way of staying one step ahead.

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