Scottish tennis player Andy Murray is on the verge of achieving a lifelong dream of becoming the best tennis player on the planet. It is not going to be easy for the player from Scotland as he is trying to take the No. 1 ranked place from Novak Djokovic who is one of the greatest tennis players ever to have played the sport. For Murray to achieve his dream he will have to win the Paris Masters and hope that Djokovic does not make the final.
Murray who is now 29 years old is in the best form of his life and has won three titles over the last few weeks with the latest coming in Vienna last week. His competitor for the top spot Djokovic has recently suffered from a slump in form which has given the Scottish player a great chance of taking the number one spot from the Serb. The website bestbettingwebsites.org.uk shows that bookies are uncertain on who is the favorite out of the two to win the Paris Masters with different bookmakers having either Murray or Djokovic as their favorite.
Djokovic, the 12 times Grand Slam tournament champ, is not going to give up the No. 1 place without a fight. He is determined to hold on to it and in a recent interview he said that it has fired him up and is going to fight for every single point.
Djokovic who is also 29 years old has an impressive record and over the past five years, he has finished in the top spot for four of them. In order for him to keep his title as the best tennis player in the world, he will need to reach the final at the Paris Masters. If he fails to make this and Murray can win it, he will overtake Djokovic to become the No. 1 ranked player.
Andy Murray has been on fire this season and has had a career best season of winning seven titles so far this season. The Scotsman has only lost three-time since his loss at the French Open which took part in June.
No other male tennis player from Great Britain has ever been number ranked No. 1. The closest were Greg Rusedski and Tim Henman who both managed to reach the top four. If Andy Murray wins the Paris Masters he will make a feat that no other tennis player from Britain has managed to achieve. Fred Perry was regarded as the best player in the world in the 1930s, before the days of computer rankings and pro tennis.
With Murray playing the best tennis of his life and in form, he is certainly in with a very good chance of achieving history. Djokovic will have to greatly improve his form or hope that Murray has a disaster in Paris or he will find himself pushed out of the top spot he has held onto for such a long time.
