The in-form Scot starts tomorrow against Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin, a Russian-born 27-year-old who reached the third round past year.
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Summary: Eleanor Cross admits her chance to get up close and personal with Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray can’t come quick enough.
ANDY MURRAY has admitted that he is seeing a psychiatrist to help conquer his demons on court as he launches an all-out offensive to be crowned Wimbledon champion again.
There is only Novak Djokovic with a better overall record on tour in 2015, and the Serbian could await Murray in the final on July 12.
“I think in any sport, winning gives you confidence”. “I do not remember loads about the match”, Murray says. I hope to do well. It may also be worth noting that he also faced other top players Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori in his road for his second clay title of the year.
Djokovic went on to lose the final to Stanislas Wawrinka and Krajicek wonders how the Serb will react. It “s very easy to get carried away and look forward, thinking ‘I am expressing great tennis, everything will be fine”.
I wouldn’t be overly surprised if he didn’t make the quarters, he has not been as consistent this year but it’s a very unsafe thing to write off any of the “Big Four” guys like Federer and Nadal who have been so consistent at the biggest events.
“In the 12 months that I’ve been with Amelie, I feel like I’ve come through some hard moments”, he said on Saturday.
Murray does not elaborate. His mother, Judy, a well-known and vocal cheerleader of her son at courtside, attempted to paint a picture of the bedlam that accompanies the Murrays at their home grand slam.
He said: “I don’t use a sports psychologist”.
Both of the 25-year-old’s Grand Slam wins have been at Wimbledon – clearly she loves the grass. The potential exists for her to meet Eugenie Bouchard of Canada, last year’s runner-up, in the quarterfinals.
As far as the women’s draw is concerned, I think Serena Williams is the out-and-out favourite and is obviously going into the tournament having won the Australian Open and the French Open.
But he considered where Bjorkman excelled and believes he will nurture a new attacking dimension.
“So I wasn’t actually enjoying practising”. He was extremely good at that. The loss to the Bulgarian on that otherwise pleasant afternoon was not pretty and, adding a patina of pain to the experience, there was Murray’s outburst during play, that sounded to most ears like “five minutes before the fucking match”, which indicated unspecified turmoil either unfolding or recently concluded behind the scenes.
When Sharapova took Wimbledon by storm as a 17-year-old, few would have expected that 11 years on she still hasn’t been able to replicate that feat.
Their tussle follows the tradition of the men’s champion opening play on Centre Court. Djokovic. Murray. Federer. Nadal. Stand by for nearly unbelievable recordings from the speed gun on court as the likes of Gilles Muller, Kevin Anderson and John Isner defy their opponents to lay a racket on their powerhouse serves.
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Laura Robson, who has been given a wildcard after 17 months out with a wrist injury, faces Russian Evgeniya Rodina and British number three Naomi Broady plays Colombian Mariana Duque-Marino.
