Andy Murray believes there are plenty of positives for him to focus on after crashing out of the Cinch Championships in straight sets on Tuesday.
The three-time Grand Slam champion suffered a comprehensive 6-3, 6-1, loss to a in-form Alex de Minaur. Coming into the event, Murray was on a 10-match winning streak after claiming back-to-back titles on the lower-level Challenger circuit. Out of those 10 matches played, he only lost one set.
“It’s easy to overreact. I lost to a good player and it was obviously very comfortable,” atptour.com quoted Murray as saying afterwards. “But at the same time, over the past couple of weeks, yes, it’s obviously not the same level of opponents, but I won the [Nottingham Challenger] last week without dropping a set.
“I only lost one set in Surbiton. Was holding serve very comfortably. Was moving well, hitting the ball well. There are a lot of positive signs there.”
As a consequence of his loss, Murray has missed out on the chance of being seeded for the Wimbledon Championships which will begin in less than two weeks. Currently ranked 38th in the world, he had to rise just five places in the standings this week to be seeded. Pablo Carreno Busta, who is ranked higher than Murray, isn’t playing in the tournament due to a long-term injury.
Regardless of who he may be drawn against at The All England Club, Murray says he is taking it all in his stride and doesn’t intend to ‘overanalyse‘ his latest match. However, outside of the Challenger events he has now lost six matches in a row on the ATP Tour with his last win being against Radu Albot in Indian Wells.
“Just recharge a little bit, and then go to work on my game,” Murray replied when asked about his preparation for Wimbledon. “I don’t want to overanalyse. [There are] definitely some things I can do better, but at the same time, I have done lots of good things over the last couple of weeks as well. I want to keep going in that direction.
“Keep serving well, keep working on my movement. That was something we spent a lot of time working on before Surbiton and Nottingham, and it’s really crucial for me that I’m moving well. So [I will] definitely spend a lot of time working on that.”
This year is the 10th anniversary of Murray’s maiden triumph at Wimbledon when he became the first British man in the Open Era to win the tournament. He also won the title in 2016 and was a semi-finalist on four other occasions. Overall, he has won 60 out of 72 matches played at the grass-court major.
The men’s draw for this year’s Wimbledon Championships will take place on June 30th at 10am.
