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Andy Murray is on his own with his regular team at the Dubai Championships, with the Scot's coach Ivan Lendl at home in Florida with his own duties on court.
Roger Federer looked bad in Davis Cup, but since then, he has been just fine. He leaves Michael Llodra no better than #40.
British captain Leon Smith doesn’t need reminding his prime asset is Andy Murray but after serving as the world no.4’s junior coach for five years he knows him well enough to demand an early indication about availability about for the next round in April, which could put his side within one match of a return to the elite World Group.
Rafael Nadal has defected to the rival German tournament in Halle, Roger Federer might love Wimbledon but has never even played on Queen’s Club’s grass and Novak Djokovic is still fine-tuning his summer schedule but Andy Murray has committed to play the AEGON Championships in the build up to Wimbledon.
Just a little reminder to all you tennis junkies out there. There is a bit of a let down for all of us after the Australian Open.
Former British player Tim Henman counts himself as a firm believer in his tennis heir Andy Murray, with the four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist who retired five years ago saying the Scot has improving chances to follow in the footsteps of rival Novak Djokovic.
Will Murray one day win a Grand Slam? After his semifinals performance against Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open, there’s little doubt and much hope that he one day will. Although he did not make it to the finals, he did outperform the expectations many had of him for his match against Djokovic.
The commitment of the leading players to Davis Cup in 2012 took another blow when Andy Murray, declared himself unavailable for Britain’s return to the Euro/Africa Zone Group One tie
Anti-doping squads managed to keep Andy Murray pinned in the empty bowels of the Rod Laver arena after his five-set semi-final loss to Novak Djokovic
Some are saying Murray will have a repeat of last year’s final in this year’s semifinal against Novak Djokovic. Others say Murrays new coach Ivan Lendl is like a lucky rabbit’s foot and the luck won’t wear off. Murray has had great success in the Australian Open so far beating everyone in his path.
As playing rivalries go between Grand Slam champions go, things were rather one sided between Ivan Lendl and Jim Courier with the former not allowing his opponent even a set in four meetings. Perhaps that explains Courier’s insistence of sending some verbal barbs back at Lendl.
Andy Murray may be one of the feistier players to occupy the world’s top ten in the current game but he believes he is a relative choir boy compared to some of the rebels from days gone by, like John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors and Ilie Nastase.
At one time both Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic played in the shadows of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. During 2011 Novak Djokovic stepped out of their shadows and shed his own light on the old rivalry. Andy Murray may finally step completely into the limelight with the aid of coach Ivan Lendl.
With a title already to hand in 2012 and a final hit-out set for Kooyong club on Friday, Andy Murray admits to feeling confident about his chances of finally nailing down a major title.
Andy Murray is so delighted about the initial results just two matches into his new coaching relationship that he respectfully gave credit to the man he hopes will finally guide him to Grand Slam triumph as ‘Mr. Lendl’.
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