George Barrett writes for the University of York’s Nouse on a great year for Andy Murray and whether he can become a legend in tennis’ golden era:

For the best part of four years, many circles in the British press have tried, and failed to bill men’s tennis as a four man competition. The “Big Four” we’ve been told have been the players that have dominated tennis since late 2008. However, it does not take a genius to see that until recently tennis has been the Roger and Rafa story. Last year Novak Djokovic had other ideas, tearing up the script and dominating arguably the two greatest players of all time.

Still, the British press has throughout this time included Murray in that elite band of four at the top of men’s tennis. And if one were to look at the ATP rankings since the 2008 US Open, one would have a point. Barring his post Australian Open final low points in 2010 and 2011, and his one week drop in 2009, Murray has not left the top four, indeed becoming the first man (in 2009) to get in between the Federer-Nadal monopoly of the top two spots, when he briefly rose to world number two.

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