Murray so compelling as he tiptoes along brink of mental collapse
Is there an athlete that the common man can relate to better than Dunblane's Andy Murray?
Think of how hard it must be to play sport at the highest level. It's Sunday night in Melbourne. You're a tennis player from Scotland and you're in final of Australian Open, on centre court. There's a global audience in the tens of millions. You're playing a gluten-free machine. You've lost this final three previous times. He's won it six times. How do you keep the doubts at bay?
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