Murray no longer feeling under pressure to win
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December 28, 2012, Friday
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ANDY Murray is feeling less pressure after winning his first grand slam title and credits coach Ivan Lendl with having made the difference at the US Open.
The third-ranked Briton ensured 2012 was the best year of his career by adding the title at Flushing Meadows to his gold medal from the London Olympics. As a result, he will enter the Australian Open next month with a different mindset.
"In the last three, four or five years there has been significant pressure in my mind, and now I feel more relaxed and relieved after winning the US Open," Murray said. "So, I think from my side, I hope to take the pressure off myself and be able to play a little bit more relaxed - and I hope to repeat my grand slam win. I don't know how I will feel going into the first round of Australian Open, so it will be a new feeling for me and I just have to deal with it."
Murray hired Lendl on last New Year's Eve, and is full of the praise for the changes the eight-time grand slam champion has helped him make in his game. "He helped with a lot of small things; you know, technical things, small mental and psychological things and small physical things as well as tactical things," Murray said. "A lot of those small things add up to five to 10 percent to my game, and that was what I needed to find to make it past the last hurdle and win one of the major tournaments. I have enjoyed working with him a lot. It is turning out well, so I hope it continues."
The third-ranked Briton ensured 2012 was the best year of his career by adding the title at Flushing Meadows to his gold medal from the London Olympics. As a result, he will enter the Australian Open next month with a different mindset.
"In the last three, four or five years there has been significant pressure in my mind, and now I feel more relaxed and relieved after winning the US Open," Murray said. "So, I think from my side, I hope to take the pressure off myself and be able to play a little bit more relaxed - and I hope to repeat my grand slam win. I don't know how I will feel going into the first round of Australian Open, so it will be a new feeling for me and I just have to deal with it."
Murray hired Lendl on last New Year's Eve, and is full of the praise for the changes the eight-time grand slam champion has helped him make in his game. "He helped with a lot of small things; you know, technical things, small mental and psychological things and small physical things as well as tactical things," Murray said. "A lot of those small things add up to five to 10 percent to my game, and that was what I needed to find to make it past the last hurdle and win one of the major tournaments. I have enjoyed working with him a lot. It is turning out well, so I hope it continues."
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