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The duel between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic promises to be the dominant story of next week’s ATP World Tour Finals. On the line is not just a title, money and the prestige of victory, but also the right to start 2017 as the No 1-ranked player in the world. The stakes at this late stage of a year have seldom been as high.One man, however, is plotting a different narrative. Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals November 13, 2016, 12:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Stan Wawrinka has made a habit of ripping up scripts over the past three seasons and all of the signs suggest he is ready to do it again at the O2.His record at the event is not in itself outstanding and can be viewed in one of two ways: three successive semi-final appearances hinting at pedigree but a career record of six wins and six defeats suggesting vulnerability. Wawrinka has been a semi-finallist in each of the past three years The 31-year-old Swiss also arrives in London in poor form, after exits in the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters and the quarter-finals in Basel were followed by a meek defeat to world No 91 Jan-Lennard Struff in the last 32 of the Paris Masters last week.But Murray, Djokovic and the other tournament hopefuls should beware the wounded animal, because Wawrinka has proven in recent years to be a tennis alchemist capable of turning dreadful sequences of results into silverware at subsequent Grand Slams.He went to both the 2015 French Open and this years US Open on the back of a spree of abject performances and humbling defeats yet won both, and he wasnt exactly on fire in the build-up to his 2014 Australian Open triumph either.The problem for rivals is that, once he gets on a roll, he is near-impossible to stop. Not even pressure seems to affect him. ATP Finals: The groups Who will play who in the round robin at the O2 In fact, the biggest stages tend to bring out his best performances and all three of those Grand Slam final appearances - two against Djokovic and one against Rafael Nadal - ended in bludgeoning, three-sets-to-one wins.And it isnt just Slam finals where Wawrinka flourishes. His return of 15 wins from 25 career finals is not sparkling as such, but his 11 victories from his past 12 finals - stretching back to January 2014 - is unparalleled anywhere in the sport, better than both Djokovic and Serena Williams. Mark Petchey believes Andy Murrays group could not have been harder It would have been a perfect 12 in a row had it not been for a shock defeat to 19-year-old German Alexander Zverev in the final of the St Petersburg Open in September, an anomalous result that leaves his record in finals in 2016 at a still-impressive four wins and one defeat.New rankings-topper Murray will also be conscious of the fact that Wawrinka has won all three times he has faced the world No 1 in a final, so should the pair meet in next Sundays title decider, the in-form Scot may well be favourite in the bookmakers eyes but definitely not in his opponents. Wawrinka defeated Novak Djokovic in the final of Septembers US Open Murray, Djokovic and co must therefore hope that Wawrinka doesnt get that far, and Djokovic, in particular, will no doubt have been pleased to see him drawn alongside Murray, Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic in what is considerably the hardest of the two groups.Whether they can conspire to knock him out remains to be seen, but one certainty over the coming week is that the finals will be about much more than Murray v Djokovic as long as Wawrinka is around.Watch every day of the ATP World Tour Finals, from November 13-20, live on Sky Sports. Full schedule here. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Also See: Murray handed tough draw Tour Finals at the O2 Murrays year in numbers 2015 final: Djokovic v Federer Kenny Stabler Jersey . The Brazilian-born strikers brace drew him level with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo as the leagues leading scorers with 17 goals apiece through 16 rounds. 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His stated reason for abruptly resigning as head coach of Canadas Olympic womens hockey team was he felt there were doubts about his ability to coach the team to Olympic gold in February.TORONTO – Anthony Duclair admits that his draft year was a disaster. Injury and inconsistency kept Duclairs numbers down during the 2012-13 season as concerns over his character grew louder and louder. At one point, the Quebec Remparts forward was handed a team suspension over attitude issues. As outlined by Bob McKenzie, scouts were filing reports on Duclair that looked like this: We thought he was selfish with too much me and not enough we in his game, plus he played careful. He didnt want to pay the price against tough competition, but lit up weak teams. Duclair had first-round potential, but fell to the third round finally getting scooped up by the New York Rangers with the 80th pick. I had a bad year all around with distractions off the ice, but I regrouped as a person and matured over the summer, Duclair explained. I looked myself in the mirror and I told myself, I can give much more. And I think hard work paid off for me. Duclair put up 50 goals and 49 assists in 59 games with Quebec last season and then, this fall, put forward an outstanding training camp performance to earn a spot with the Rangers as a 19-year-old. Along the way, he earned the nickname The Duke of Broadway. Duclair started the season hot with one goal and four assists in his first seven games. But recently his game slipped a bit and the Montreal native found himself in the press box as a healthy scratch. The Rangers approached him about the possibility of playing at the world juniors and Duclair let them know he would welcome the opportunity. Duclairs history with Hockey Canada isnt great. He was part of a gold-medal Under-18 team at the 2012 Ivan Hlinka Tournament, but played only a minor role, ultimately becoming the 13th forward by the championship game. He was not invited to last years world junior camp. But Duclair did get an invite to the recent summer evaluation camp and thats when the teams braintrust noticed a change in his personality. He was great with everyone, said Ryan Jankowski, Hockey Canaddas director of player personnel.dddddddddddd He was great within our realm of what we try and do at the summer camp to learn about the players as people and their character. I think maturity is a big part of it, Duclair said. And just staying humble, staying grounded, staying down to earth is really important when things go well. I think I have improved that part of my life. Team Canada head coach Benoit Groulx, also the bench boss with the Gatineau Olympiques, noticed that Duclairs game went to another level after he was left off the Canadian world junior team last year. I got to tell you this, said Groulx, who was an assistant on Brent Sutters world junior staff last year in Malmo, Sweden where Canada finished fourth, last year after Christmas, he was tough to play against. He ended up scoring 50 goals and when you have a 50-goal scorer, whether its in the Quebec league, Ontario league or Western league, you got to respect that. I think Anthony, last year, proved himself. Duclair is now playing a prominent role in Canadas quest to end a five-year gold-medal drought. He is pencilled in as the teams top-line right winger. Well, hes a nice piece for us, especially on the right side where we dont have a lot of natural right wingers, said Jankowski. There is a good chance Duclair will end up playing on the same line as Connor McDavid. I saw him play for the first time in person this summer and the hype is real, Duclair said. This guy is for sure going to be an NHL superstar given his talent, his skill, his vision. His speed is just incredible and at such a young age as well. Its just exciting to watch. Someti