Andy Murray Promises To Clean Up His Act

Written by: Staff on 10th December 2012

Andy Murray Promises To Clean Up His Act

epa03465294 Andy Murray of Britain returns to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during their match at the ATP World Tour Finals in London, Britain, 09 November 2012. EPA/KERIM OKTEN |

Formerly foul-mouthed Andy Murray has sworn that he won’t curse again on court as the US Open champion continues his long-term goal of taming a volatile temper. The Scot may be benefiting from a year under the stoic and unsmiling influence of uber-coach Ivan Lendl as he tries to solidify a No.3 position behind Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.

While he may be in it for the moral superiority, the 25-year-old admitted to a more practical reasons for biting his tongue in future.

“Obviously, me saying shit or whatever is bad and wrong, and it’s something I want to try to stop doing,” he told the Scottish Daily Record, while adding:

“But it isn’t as bad as some of the stuff the foreign players come out with. I wouldn’t want to name any names, but some of what they say is ghastly. It’s just that all of the umpires speak English.”

Murray has been known as something of a head case at times on Tour, with one of his now-discontinued party tricks consisting of hitting himself on the knuckles with his racquet strings in moments of frustration hard enough to make them bleed.

Until taking Lendl on board, Murray was an occasional loose cannon on court and was not shy about letting his players box know in absolute certainty Anglo-Saxon four-letter words what he was thinking during frustrating match moments.

Murray said he will get his Mr. Clean campaign underway at the Australian Open, perhaps leaving wiggle room in case he wants to explode for one last cathartic time at the Abu Dhabi exhibition later this month.

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