Andy Murray plans to stick with Amelie Mauresmo and Jonas Bjorkman
Thursday 18 June 2015 21:30, UK
Andy Murray is planning on retaining the services of current coaches Amelie Mauresmo and Jonas Bjorkman "for a long time".
World No 3 Murray, on the sixth backroom team of his career, is currently working with Bjorkman at Queen's Club while the heavily pregnant Mauresmo takes a break ahead of Wimbledon.
The 28-year-old Scot endured a painful parting with his previous coach Ivan Lendl last year after a successful period together that brought him Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon and the US Open.
Following his win over Fernando Verdasco at the Aegon Championships, Murray underlined his keenness to build a lasting partnership with Mauresmo, who succeeded Ivan Lendl last summer, and Bjorkman who joined his team in April.
"I hope that my coaching arrangement just now lasts for a long time," said Murray, preparing to face Gilles Muller in Friday's quarter-finals.
"I think it's better to have continuity, I'm not that young anymore.
"I don't want to have new coaches every year or couple of years."
Murray also thinks highly of Sweden's Bjorkman, a former Wimbledon semi-finalist who joined his team in April.
"I know him from when we were back when he was playing on the tour, so I know him pretty well," Murray said.
"So it's a lot quicker to understand each other's personalities and stuff than it was maybe with Amelie or with Ivan because I didn't know either of them at all when I started with them.
"All of these relationships, they always take a bit of time to start, you know, before you start to see the benefits of working together."
