2. Pressure of titles and the weight of No. 1
World No. 1 may be a big title to achieve – and with his singular form and consistency in 2016, Andy Murray achieved that with that one final win over Novak Djokovic at the ATP World Tour Finals in London. But he chipped away at a massive lead over the year to do so, aided by some early losses by his Serbian rival, whose own downswing of form began only after winning the two year-opening Grand Slams.
Fans and watchers – not to mention the player himself – will likely have put immmense pressure on Murray to live up to his 2016 consistency, and that alone could be impacting him.
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