Murray Is Concerned About “Slippy” Davis Cup Clay Court

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 30th January 2014

Murray Is Concerned About “Slippy” Davis Cup Clay Court

epa04036122 Andy Murray of Britain reacts during his quarter final match against Roger Federer of Switzerland at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 22 January 2014. EPA/JOE CASTRO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT |

Andy Murray remained in a bit of a fog following his first trans-Pacific trip into the US, with the Scot working to shake his jet-lag after battling with the International Date Line as he arrived in Southern California from Melbourne.

The world No. 6 who was knocked out in the Australian Open quarter-finals by Roger Federer, remained around the grounds for several more days before flying on Sunday and totally missing the unexpected title upset of Stanislas Wawrinka over Rafael Nadal.

Murray heads a team of eager British tennis minnows in San Diego against a bunch of American players, none of whom demonstrated any kind of form at the just-concluded grand slam. The top-dog Bryan brothers were knocked out in the doubles in the third round while John Isner was long gone in the singles first round, followed by Sam Querrey in the third. And captain Jim Courier must come down from the highly-paid distraction of another controversial year as an on-court interviewer for Australian television.

“It’s weird,” said Murray. “I’ve never flown back to the States this way from Australia which was quite strange. It was like an 19 hour time change for a 14 hour flight. We left 11:00 on Sunday morning and we got back around 6:00 in the morning here.

“I’ve been struggling a bit with the jetlag. But they have set up a great stadium and stuff over here. I’ve never been to San Diego before. It’s a great city, everything is beautiful, and it’s so nice. The court’s a bit challenging as it’s very slippery and tricky to move on. The venue’s, I mean it’s incredible. It’s a great venue.”

The tie is being played on a court laid on a baseball field and will clash with the almighty Super Bowl, with the tennis expected to go almost unnoticed in the US outside the confines of the stadium.

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