‘Hopefully get my game into a place’- Andy Murray upon recruiting former coach Ivan Lendl

The former no.1 Andy Murray fell pawn to Daniil Medvedev’s bid of reclaim no.1 ranking. He will leave the Miami opens early this year owing to his subpar performance in the second round. Murray lost consecutive sets by 4-6, 2-6 serving the match on a platter to Medvedev. Further, he showed similar gameplay in Indian Wells and walked out of the tournament from the same spot.

Andy has made a comeback since he took a step back because of a groin injury in Rotterdam 2021. In fact, the injury was the reason behind him not taking part in the last few tournaments. Keeping out of so many tournaments and the injuries might continue weighing him down. However, Andy is optimistic about upcoming tournaments as he will reunite with former coach Ivan Lendl.

Andy Murray Vesting His Future on Lendl

Andy admitted that he will seek help from former coach Ivan Lendl. The duo has had some glorious matches in the past and has records to back that. Despite having to leave two back-to-back tournaments early, the Brit sounded pretty sure of his potential while speaking about his decision to re-hire Ivan.

He said, “Yeah, that’s kind of obviously what I’m hoping. You know, we did a few days of practice before coming here. Some of the things that, you know, we worked on, even though it was just a few days, I think I made some improvements. I do feel like I played better here than I did at Indian Wells.”

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Murray further spoke about how his game has changed. He admitted to the fact that his game has changed but for no good. The changes are having an adverse effect on him. “I don’t feel I have been practicing the right things probably for 18 months or so. It’s difficult to sort of undo that, you know, in the space of a few weeks, obviously.”

What Is Andy’s Plan?

Earlier, Andy Murray made a statement that he will stay back in America post-Indian Wells and Miami Open to train under Lendl regardless of his performance in both the tournaments. He still stands true to his decision. “I’m taking a big period of training to try and, you know, change some of those things and hopefully get my game into a place where it’s, you know, more competitive against the top players again.” The Brit is 34 years old now and has had many injuries. Injuries always stand in the way of a player’s goals but Andy seems to have made up his mind to give it all.

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Ivan coached Andy in his early days. He also assisted him in achieving the ranking of No.1. However, the duo has parted two times earlier, though none of the splittings were done in bad blood. Andy and Ivan came together in the year 2012 for the first time, then again in 2014, but in 2016 Andy brought back serious injuries from the game, bringing an end to the partnership.