ATP: Andy Murray needs to work harder
After a good start, the 2022 season did not go to full satisfaction for Andy Murray . Which was also due to physical causes.
by Robin Huiber
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Nov 10, 2022, 11:14 am
Andy Murray will end the year in the top 50 players in the world, which is generally good news for the two-time Olympic gold medalist. This ranking guarantees Murray a direct ticket to the tableau at most ATP events, the time when the 35-year-old was dependent on wildcards is over for the time being.
But of course: For a man who has already saluted from the top of the charts, position 46 is at best a reason to take a deep breath. But not to cheer. Murray started the season with a place in the final in Sydney (loss to Aslan Karatsev), he was also in the final in Stuttgart, where he lost to Matteo Berrettini. In total, Andy Murray holds 46 championships, the last one was in Antwerp in 2019 (final victory against Stan Wawrinka).
Murray dejected over the last few months
In the coming year, Murray would like to have a say in winning a tournament more often. And that requires more work, as he explained in an interview with The Evening Standard.
"I've been pretty down the past few months," said the three-time major champion. "In the last seven or eight tournaments I've had problems with cramps, which have not been so constant before. That's why I'm extremely disappointed."
"I can deal with losing a tennis match, after all it's a difficult sport and sometimes you don't play as well as you thought you would," Murray continued. "But there's no excuse for showing physical weaknesses. Looking back over the last four or five months, my conclusion is that I haven't worked enough to play at the level I need. I have to change that if I want to be at the top of the world again.”