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‘Murray deserves top spot’
- Updated: October 24, 2016
The consistency backs up the fact that Andy Murray is playing the best tennis of his career and it would be unfair on him if he didn’t end his career having been a world number one, says Barry Cowan.
Murray has the opportunity of taking over the number one spot if he wins the three remaining tournaments of 2016 – starting with Vienna this week – and the dominant Djokovic fails to defend his points.
There are 500 ATP ranking points on offer at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna this week before the stars head to the final Masters 1000 event in Paris next Monday.
And there could be a huge climax to the season when the top eight players in the world head to the ATP World Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena next month, which you can watch live on Sky Sports.
“He’s currently 915 points behind Djokovic in the Race to London so if he can get 500 points this week for winning in Vienna – of course it’s going to be a tough …