spend enough time together. I had it, too, 20 years ago. It is just the nature of the beast, being a tennis player.Beaten by Murray in a

DOVER, Del. -- Jamie McMurray finished fourth in the Sprint Cup elimination race at Dover last year and went from being 11th on the Chase points grid to 13th -- on the outside looking in, by one spot.So if McMurray, currently 13th on the Chase grid, takes an attitude to get the best finish he can and let the points fall where they may, it would be easily understandable. Last year, a fourth-place finish at Dover was a little unexpected, and to perform that well and not advance? Well, that could be chalked up to a little bit of faith.Going into the race Sunday, McMurray sits five points out of the current cutoff -- behind Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Kyle Larson.As an organization, you hope one of the guys in front of us have problems and we both can make it in, McMurray said. Im not going to race Kyle any different than anyone else. Youre going to let the race play out and get the best finish you can.McMurray considers Dover a place of feast or famine. He hopes its a day like last year, when he had a big ol feast even if he missed the dessert.We havent had any drama with anyone in the Chase being eliminated from part failure or being caught up in a wreck McMurray said. This is just one of those places that a lot can happen.I havent worried about it at all because there is nothing I can do about it.Larson is taking a similar approach. He was fastest in practice Friday but starts in the row behind McMurray; the race field was set by points since qualifying was canceled because of rain.Known for not getting too excited about anything, Larson seemed quite calm heading into what some would consider the biggest race of his career.Im not nervous, Larson said. Anything can happen at Dover. That is the only nerve-wracking thing.Its nice to be on the positive end of things. ... Weve just got to run how we normally run at Dover, and hopefully thats enough to advance us.Larson has four consecutive top-10s at Dover, so he knows he can get the job done here. With a five-point cushion on McMurray and Austin Dillon, Larson at least knows that if he finishes fourth, hes in the Chase as long as one of those drivers, or Tony Stewart or Chris Buescher, doesnt win.Dillon will take an approach similar to McMurrays.I know what my job is to do -- to beat Kyle by five or six positions or win the race, and I am automatically in, Dillon said. We have one goal, and thats just to finish as high up as we can, and weve got to beat people. ... Im excited for it.And Im going to step up to the challenge and make it happen.The whole point of this Chase elimination game is to increase the intensity and the pressure.I feel like I handle pressure well, Larson said. I dont think too much about it. Ill go out there and race, and I go out and try to do the best job I can, like I do at every race. If we run how we normally do, I hope that will be enough to transfer through.Some would say these drivers should be just happy to have made the Chase. But with the Chase format, there is hope for every driver still in contention.We havent led any laps this year, McMurray said. That being said, the way this format is, anybody can win it.McMurray tried putting the feeling of getting eliminated in perspective in a system where four drivers get eliminated after every three races, setting up four drivers with a shot at the championship at the season finale at Homestead.Whether you get eliminated in the first round or the last round, if you dont get to go to Homestead, I dont know that it matters when the season is over, McMurray said. In 72 hours, it is going to be a big deal, but if you dont make it to Homestead, it really doesnt matter.Jerome Bettis Jersey . 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The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East.Boris Becker has suggested that?Novak Djokovic?needs to rediscover his old work ethic to reclaim the No. 1 ranking from Andy Murray.Djokovic confirmed Tuesday night he had split with Becker, his coach, after a three-year spell that yielded six major titles.He didnt spend as much time on the practice court in the last six months as he should have, and he knows that, the German told Sky News. Success like this doesnt happen by pushing a button. Success like this doesnt just happen by showing up at a tournament. You have to work your bottom off because the opposition does the same.He [Djokovic] has got to go back to work. He has to go back to the office and practice these hours and refocus on what made him strong in the first place.Djokovic made a change to his coaching team, which also includes Slovakian Marian Vajda, at the back end of the 2016 season with Spanish spiritual guru Pepe Imaz brought on as an advisor for the Paris Masters and World Tour Finals in London.Becker had hinted in interviews with British newspapers Sunday that he was set to part company with the Serb but had refused to respond to questions regarding any tensions in the camp.It was mutual. A decision like this does not happen overnight. It is a progress, he told Sky News. I think the last six months have been challenging on many levels. Our hands were tied a little bit because we couldnt do the work we wanted to do.Djokovic has previously admitted to losing some of his motivation after completing the career Grand Slam in June when he won the French Open, and he said in an official statement Tuesday he was ready to set new goals without Becker.Having dominated the first six months of 2016, with titles at Doha, the Australian Open, Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Roland Garros, the 29-year-old saw a rankings lead of more than 8,000 pointts overturned by Murray.ddddddddddddThe 12-time major winner went out in the third round at Wimbledon and the first round of the Olympics and lost in the US Open final, having admitted in New York his slump was down to personal problems as well as injury issues.I dont know if he had any personal problems, based on what I know, Becker said. He is happily married. He has got a beautiful son. But the profession of a tennis player is probably the most selfish one in sports because it has to be about you, and he is the first to say he is a family man, so of course his wife and the rest of his family had to take back seats.That cant be forever, and I think that is what he meant. I dont think there were problems. I have met his wife -- she is lovely and very, very supportive of her husband. But they dont spend enough time together. I had it, too, 20 years ago. It is just the nature of the beast, being a tennis player.Beaten by Murray in a winner-takes-all showdown for the year-end No. 1 spot and the World Tour Finals title, Djokovic faces a tough task to dislodge the Scot at the top of the rankings given the sheer number of points he will have to defend in the first half of the 2017 season.I am sure the fact that he lost the No. 1 ranking to Andy Murray is going to hurt, Becker said, though. I know the US Open loss in the final against Stan [Wawrinka] hurt. I think that is what he needed maybe in a funny way was to lose a little bit, to realise what it is like to lose, because he hasnt been losing for two and a half years.Im convinced -- and I am his No. 1 fan for next year -- that he will come back and regain that No. 1 position and regain being the most dominant player in his sport. ' ' '