Andy Murray believes he can finish the season by winning the World Tour Finals in London and then helping Great Britain lift the Davis Cup. The ATP World Tour Finals start on Sunday with the Davis Cup final against Belgium beginning on November 27 in Ghent.
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“I think the conditions in Paris are normally fairly similar to here so it’ll be interesting to see how I get on but I do think I’m playing well enough to go far”.
However, Henman is hopeful Murray will lead by example and guide Britain to the Cup for the first time since 1936. “I think he’s already practiced this week on clay and he has a good plan and he knows exactly what he’s doing”, said Wawrinka, who beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the opening match of last year’s Davis Cup final to put Switzerland on the way. “My body feels good, I feel fresh and hope I can play a few good tennis”.
Andy Murray continues to flit back and forth between hard courts and clay as the world No 2 practised for the first time at The O2 on Friday evening.
“It’s going to be tricky”, added Murray.
“He’s very unsafe. He’s one of the best younger players on the tour and he’s going to be hard even for Andy to play”.
“The way I’m preparing for the O2 is not ideal”, he told reporters.
Murray returns to The O2 for his first competitive match here since he was thrashed 6-0, 6-1 in just 56 minutes by Roger Federer past year, but he bristled at the suggestion he had demons to exorcise.
“It was the only time that I had success in Palm Springs in my whole career”, said McEnroe who twice played the event now staged in Indian Wells, losing in second round both times.
“It’s been a long year but I have a lot of motivation for the last couple of weeks”.
“There will be pressure for Murray but the way he handled it in the semi-final against Australia, he’ll handle it again and win two singles”. It’s more hard on the road, but I pick Great Britain. “I don’t feel that match affected me in a negative way at all”.
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He said: “It’s been a good year”. I am very proud of him and what he has achieved on the court.
