Murray plays the tennis fans want to see
One month has made all of the difference for Andy Murray. Murray went from despair in his Wimbledon final defeat to Roger Federer, to absolute joy one month later in the Olympic final against the same opponent. So what made the difference? There were a few factors that ushered the transformation, mainly change of mentality and approach to the game. Because it was the change in mentality which lead to the change in approach and tactical awareness, you cannot have one before the other. And during the Olympics I saw a Murray that played consistently aggressive from start to finish in most of his matches particularly in the semifinal and the final. In the Olympic final, Roger Federer came into the match on the back of an incredible semifinal against Juan Martin Del Potro which lasted almost 4 hours and 30 minutes and went to 20 – 18 in the 3rd set. Murray played two mixed doubles matches with Laura Robson on the Saturday, which left him ...