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Andy Murray, the
keys of a late
success
by Gatto Luigi

With
Andy
Murray
passing
Novak
Djokovic
in
the
ATP
Rankings,
Paris
Bercy
event
becomes
one
of
the
most
historical
ones.
At
29
years
and
5
months
the
Scottish
player
became
just
the
second
oldest
player
to
be
World
No.
1
for
the
first
time
ever,
only
John
Newcombe
was
older
(he
did
it
at
30
age
in
1974).
Different
Eras,
different
game-styles,
Newcombe
with
a
serve
and
volley
game,
Murray
a
born
defender,
and
even
there
are
some
analogies.

'The
best
is
yet
to
come',
the
new
World
No.
1
had
said
after
Wimbledon
title.
He
could
expect
everything
but
this
achievement,
that
allows
him
to
remove
the
notoriety
of
the
best
World
No.
2
ever,
thanks
to
the
ability
of
taking
advantage
of
the
Federer
and
Nadal's
bad
season
in
the
same
year.
It's
easy
to
relate
the
wrongs
to
the
other
players,
instead
it's
more
interesting
and
correct
to
analyze
Many
Murray's
improvements.
Three
are
the
Keys
of
why
he
played
a
such
successful
tennis
at
29
age,
which
is
a
little
bit
"strange"
as
he
is
on
the
ATP
Tour
for
more
than
a
decade:
1)
the
paternity.
It
seemed
that
the
birth
of
the
little
and
"innocent"
Sophia
could
have
influenced
Murray.
After
the
Two
bad
losses
in
Indian
Wells
and
Miami
respectively
to
Delbonis
and
Dimitrov,
you
could
think
that
his
claycourts
season
wouldn't
have
been
very
good,
and
instead
the
family
circle
helped
Andy,
that
said
many
times
how
much
he
suffered
the
divorce
between
his
parents
when
was
a
kid.
Sophia's
arrival
helped
him
to
sort
things
out,
and
not
to
think
about
tennis
that
is
not
his
priority
anymore.

2)
The
other
reason
why
he
had
a
such
bad
March
could
have
been
Jamie
Delgado.
Officially
hired
after
Australian
Open,
hands
up
who
had
not
doubts
on
what
he
could
have
brought
to
an
experienced
player
like
Murray,
especially
because
he
had
coached
only
Gilles
Muller
previously.
And
instead
working
with
a
friend-compatriot
week
after
week
made
him
calm.
Delgado
followed
Murray
everywhere,