Andy Murray: Loss at Queens can be a blessing in disguise – Tennis News
World number four, Andy Murray, has a strong belief that his first round exit at the Queen’s Club London can be the major boost for his Wimbledon campaign. It might be a blessing in disguise for the British number one who has struggled
to perform for quite some time at the elite platform; especially from the start of the clay court season. He is yet to win a Grand Slam Championship in his professional tennis career and that’s quite embarrassing for someone who proclaimed to be the future
world number one.
The Brit superstar faced a staggering loss at the hands of Nicolas Mahut at the AEGON Championship. He was the top seed contestant of the tournament and expected to grab a title at his home soil but it seems like he has not been
able to play proper tennis shots no matter what the surface is; clay or grass.
He thinks that he can repeat the performances he has shown in the Australian Open at Melbourne earlier this season. He had not played a warm-up tournament before that but plays extremely well through the year’s first Grand Slam
championship. It seems like a shallow approach for someone who is the only hope of fans but it will be a miracle if it works at the grass court Grand Slam tournament in Wimbledon, later this month.
He said, “Now I'll have time to get all the hard work done, but that's the only bonus. I'll actually spend more time on the grass being out of Queen's than I would have if I was still in it. Of course I would like to have played
more matches, but in the past I've done that and it hasn't always translated into the success I want at Wimbledon. It will be a bit like preparing for the Australian Open. I often go to Melbourne without playing a competitive tournament, just training hard,
and I've always played well there."
He will feature in two exhibition matches later this week before the start of Wimbledon. The matches will be contested at Stoke Park and that might help him rediscover the form that is nowhere to be found at the moment.
Ivan Lendl, former world number one, is coaching the Briton these days and he is confident that the 25-year-old Briton will put up a startling show in the upcoming Grand Slam championship. If he fails to perform there, he will
definitely come across a flock of criticism from all over the globe.
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