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Someone break it to Gerard Pique - England have just taken the lead against Spain across town at Wembley.

The Barcelona defender, recovering from an ankle injury, was reportedly due to be at the game., external He isn't. He's at the O2 watching Djokovic for a second successive match.

Novak to serve.

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Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

Raonic is very dangerous and will test Djokovic but there are signs Djokovic is improving. Physically he looks fine but it's his emotional side that everyone is scrutinising, but he seems in a much better place and is picking up momentum.

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The gravel-voiced hype man has rumbled his way through the two players' credentials. It could be the start of the Hunger Games.

A much needed element of farce is injected into proceedings when the coin comes to rest on its edge, leaning on the base of the net, as the players go through the pre-match pleasantries.

We are into a knock-up.

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BBC Sport in London

It's a mark of his dominance for much of the last five years that just one week at number two in the rankings has lent an extra buzz around Djokovic matches this week. Throw in a few headlines made in the press room and you have the sense that all really is not well with the five-time champion.

But hold on. The latter stages of his win over Thiem suggested the real Djokovic is at least in the building, and the fear factor could be well and truly back with one final push in 2016. 

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Tonight, Djokovic is up against ace cyborg Milos Raonic.

The Wimbledon runner-up has lost all seven of his previous meetings with Djokovic, winning only one set in the whole of that losing run.

The Canadian ended his coaching partnership with John McEnroe earlier this year but has been speaking about the need to bring a little bit of the "Superbrat" to liven up his on-court persona.

I'm not sure that anyone could regard a man who takes the Harlem Shake as seriously as he did at Monte Carlo in 201 as boring. It's like the mannequin challenge but about six times as fun kids.

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Ever since his shock Wimbledon exit at the hands of Sam Querrey in July, Novak Djokovic has found himself under pressure and scrutiny.

But if he beats Milos Raonic tonight, he will be into the the semi-finals of the World Tour Finals - an event that he has won for the past four years.

If he makes it five in a row, he will reclaim that world number one spot from Andy Murray after misplacing it for just a week.

Along with two Grand Slam titles, that is not too shabby a 2016.

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Speaking on stage with spiritual teacher and meditation expert Pepe Imaz earlier this year,, external Novak Djokovic said he was searching for "love, happiness and harmony".

There was not a lot of any of those in the post-match press conference after his win over Dominic Thiem on Sunday.

"You guys are unbelievable," he said to British journalists in general, and the Mirror's Neil McLeman in particular,, external when asked about an incident in which he hit a ball into the crowd in frustration.

"Because you’re always picking these kind of things.

"It could have been [serious], yes. It could have snowed in O2 arena, as well, but it didn’t."

"I’m the only player that shows his frustration on the court? That’s what you are saying?"

I can't imagine who he had in mind.  

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