Murray explains coach split

World number four had major differences of opinion with Maclagan

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Murray explains coach split

Murray and Maclagan: Different approach

It wasn't that tough to make up my mind because we were quite far apart in what we thought.

Andy Murray
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Andy Murray says that he and former coach Miles Maclagan had drifted "quite far apart" in their approach to the British number one's career.

Murray announced on Tuesday that his two-and-a-half year partnership with Maclagan had ended only four weeks before the start of the US Open.

The 23-year-old has endured mixed results throughout the 2010 season, beginning the year by reaching the final of the Australian Open before entering a slump that continued until Wimbledon, where he reached the last four.

And although he did not enjoy disposing of Maclagan's services, Murray said that the differences in their ideas were too great to continue working together.

"It obviously was a hard decision and one that wasn't the nicest thing to have to take," the world number four said.

Not tough

"It wasn't that tough to make up my mind because we were quite far apart in what we thought.

"I lost direction a little bit," Murray added of his progress this season.

The two-time grand slam runner-up will continue to work with Spaniard Alex Corretja until he appoints a new coach.

Murray added: "It wasn't necessarily something that Miles wasn't bringing. We had a chat when we were in Miami about how we saw things. We all saw things pretty differently.

"Between the three of us, we obviously had different ideas and different ways of seeing things - what I felt was beneficial to me and what Miles and Alex felt was beneficial to me.

Aims

"The last few years have gone very, very well. But I want to try and get to number one in the world and try to win grand slams."

Murray, who is currently preparing for his opening contest of the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, believes he does not need major changes to secure an elusive first grand slam title.

He said: "I don't think I need to make huge changes in my game. I just need to become a better player all around.

"I had good results against Federer. I've beaten Nadal a couple of times in slams. I think it is easy to start over thinking and over analyzing things to try and find: Is there actually a problem there?

"I don't think there is a problem in my game. I need to get better.

"That is something that hasn't happened the last four or five months, something that hopefully by getting a new coach and a new sort of coaching team in place that will help me do that and achieve my goals."

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Ben M says...

Murray needs to be more aggressive with his play. So he''s wrong to say that there isn''t much that needs changing in his game. It''s a fundamentally new approach he must adopt. If you look at who has won grands over the past 10 years, pretty much all of them have had an offensive game.

Posted 20:41 29th July 2010
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