By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, August 3, 2023
Frustration is like fireplace: It may gas some gamers and eat others.
Do not anticipate Andy Murray to fade his fervor.
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The previous world No. 1 says 970 profession matches and 46 titles have taught him a beneficial lesson: emotion empowers him on court docket.
Talking to the media on the Mubadala Citi DC Open, Murray stated like his rival, good friend and fellow former No. 1 Novak Djokovic, he performs his finest when he is emotionally engaged.
“For me, and I feel I might say I am extra like Novak in that sense is that my feeling is that he performs his finest when he is exhibiting, like, , his emotion,” Murray advised the media after his 7-6(5), 6-4 win over Brandon Nakashima. “Positively or negatively, he is getting it on the market.
“I really feel like that is the identical with me, however I simply must be cautious that it would not go too flat or an excessive amount of power getting used up by getting pissed off after each level or getting too pumped up after each level. That is when it will probably turn out to be an issue.”
The 2-time Olympic gold-medal champion says discovering the suitable steadiness between fireplace and focus is important to enjoying his finest tennis.
“It is simply attempting to get the steadiness proper for me,” Murray stated. “So I’ve performed matches, not many, the place I’ve stated nothing in the course of the match (smiling). I’ve typically, my coaches or my crew have stated to me, like, What was up right now? You appeared very flat on the court docket.
“That is, for me, when it goes the opposite method, , I do not get probably the most out of myself, if I am not saying something or I am not reacting, like, positively or negatively to factors.”
The Fifteenth-seeded Murray goals to convey constructive emotion when he takes on top-seeded Taylor Fritz tonight with a quarterfinal spot on the road.
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