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Murray upbeat for summer hardcourts despite Wimbledon disappointment

by : DPA

Date : Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:53:51 GMT





London - Andy Murray expects to move on quickly from his Wimbledon semi-final loss to Andy Roddick, ready to get to training work in the United States prior to his next event in August. The home hero went down to the sixth-seeded American 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-5) as Roddick won into a third Wimbledon final against Roger Federer.

But far from hanging his head, world number three Murray was energised about the state of a game which has improved dramatically over the past 18 months.

"I 'll move on very, very quickly and go and work on my game and improve and come back stronger, " said the Scot. "That 's a pathetic attitude to have, if you lose one match and you go away and let it ruin your year. "

Murray will move onto his favourite portion of the season when he steps onto North American hardcourts, playing his next event in Cincinnati from August 10 onwards.

"I have had a very good year so far, " said the winner of four 2009 titles and standing just a step behind number two Federer in the rankings. "I 'm very close to the top of the game.

"The US Open (from August 29) I have always said is my best surface, my best chance to win a Slam, and I 'll give it my best shot there. "

Murray said there was not greater public pressure than the goals he laid down for himself over the one-month grass season.

"I put obviously pressure on myself to play well, I don 't think there was any sort of moments where I felt too tight to sort of go for shots.

"I maybe made a couple of mistakes that I shouldn 't have in the first tiebreak. But if you look at the amount of winners I hit compared to him, I don 't think that I could say I wasn 't swinging freely.

"I think I hit twice the number of winners as him (76 to 64).

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"I dealt with everything that was put in front of me. I 'll come back next year and try and do better. It was a good tournament, wasn 't bad at all, " said Murray.



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