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Andy Murray's demons come from within

Updated: September 15, 2011, 6:12 PM ET
By Howard Bryant | ESPN.com

After the fortnight, the numbers are clean, reinforced by a raucous and inspiring U.S. Open. On paper, they come one after the other: one, two, three and four, a solid order separated only by the pause of a comma.

Yet it is obvious, after the completion of another major championship, that there is at least a river -- some might argue a lake, a gulf or quite possibly an ocean -- separating the men's tennis big three of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, and the fourth: ...

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