Who’s the More Polarizing Star: Andy Murray or Novak Djokovic?

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Published: December 27, 2012

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Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic are both instantly recognizable names when it comes to men's tennis—their reputations precede them, and almost everybody knows who either or both men are.

They might not know everything about them—height, date of birth, career win-loss record when playing on outdoor clay surfaces—but everyone who knows anything about men's tennis knows something about either Andy Murray or Novak Djokovic. They're just two very famous individuals.

Murray is, of course, the British hopeful who ended one of the longest curses in sport with a Grand Slam victory for Great Britain at the 2012 U.S. Open.

The Scotsman had already made four Grand Slam finals before and a number of semifinals before that, but had been unable to take his game to the next level—something that he started to become recognizable and famous for.

Andy Murrray: the bridesmaid of men's tennis. 

Always at the wedding but never getting married—that would be the legacy Murray had built for himself prior to his breakthrough success at Flushing Meadows and the London Olympics last year.



And then there would be Djokovic, the Serbain legend who currently sits as the greatest player in the world and will no doubt go down as one of the true greats of the sport.

He has won five Grand Slams, 34 singles titles and has chalked up close to $50 million in career prize money from his nine-year career so far.

Both men are true greats of the sport—the names people pay to go and watch play—but both also divide public opinion straight down the middle about them.

Neither player has a small following, with both bringing strong (and loud) fans to their respective matches, but in terms of public opinion and general consensus, both Murray and Djokovic tend to polarize themselves from the middle ground.

In other words, you either love th...
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