Late final thoughts on the Aussie Open

Hey y'all, I've finally found the time to post again! I have also gotten over the truly pitiful performance that Murray had in the final. He flatout laid an egg. And this is a worrisome trend because in 3 grand slam finals, he has been comprehensively beaten by getting straight-setted in all of them. He's sort of had that deer in the headlights look in each match and relying solely on defense. This allowed Djokovic to totally take control from the baseline and just hit through Murray.

The serve which I had said was pretty even was totally in Djokovic's favor (red card for me on that one). For the past year Djokovic has been having major service issues. He developed a hitch in his service motion and started making a ton of double faults. He had more df's than aces. This all came about from working with Todd Martin where he tried to alter his motion to get more pace on the serve. Some coaching relationships don't work out and this one basically sent Djokovic into a tailspin for the better part of a year (along with a raquet change, allergies and heat-related issues). It seems though that Djokovic has worked out the kinks as evidenced by 70% first serves in, 6 aces, no doubles and winning 70% of his first serve points. Murray on the other hand barely broke 50% first serve percentage and in a grand slam final, that leads to a lot of pain.
 
After the final Murray said that he was going to take some time off the tour...then 2 weeks later he was playing in Rotterdam and he lost easily to Marcos Baghdatis. Clay has never been his surface so we'll probably see him re-surface, if he re-surfaces, on the lawns of SW19 Wimbledon. Greats such as Agassi and Clijsters have lost their first 3 finals and have gone on to grand slam glory. Can Murray do the same?