Andy Murray knows he needs to be better to progress at Wimbledon
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Andy Murray knows he needs to play better if he is to keep alive his hopes of winning his first Grand Slam.
The Scot struggled at times during his third round match with Marcos Baghdatis before eventually winning 7-5 3-6 7-5 6-1 in three hours and 13 minutes.
"I was very nervous, I knew it was going to be tough," said Murray.
"I was just kind of hustling my way through the match and I am going to need to play better, if I want to go deep into the tournament."
Speaking to BBC Sport he added: "I was really struggling. Even in the first couple of sets I was creating lots of chances but I was not feeling that comfortable on the court."
As well as struggling with the weather and his opponent, the world number four also found court conditions tricky - taking several tumbles, one of which almost proved costly.
Murray returned to the court after the break, while the roof was closed, with his knee strapped up, fuelling further concerns about his fitness.
"My knee was a little bit sore," he said. "I took a tumble towards the end of the second set, I slipped and my foot went from underneath me and when I cooled down a little bit, when we had the break with the roof, it was a little bit stiff.
"I had the physio work on it and put some tape on it and it was ok.
"I was struggling quite a bit with my footing early on, I changed shoes as well during the break and that helped."
Murray, who faces Marin Cilic in the fourth round on Monday, also experienced problems with his shorts, suffering a two-point penalty because the ball fell out of his pocket during play.
"It's happened before but not like that, it happened like five times in all," he said. "I'm blaming the shorts though, it wasn't my fault.
"It was annoying and it lost me two points so I need to make sure I have no problems with that during the next few rounds."
Following Rafael Nadal's exit from the tournament on Thursday, the pressure has been mounting on Murray to go one step further than he has previously managed in the tournament.
He has reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon for the last three years, losing twice to the Spaniard.
"As a player you are always conscious of what is going on around you in the draw but the draw didn't open up for me," he said.
"The draw opened up for Philipp Kohlschreiber and the guys that are in that part of the draw.
"If I get to the semi-finals then yes that will help, but it's silly for me to think Nadal's out so therefore I am guaranteed a place in the final - that's definitely not the case at all. I have got to keep my head focused on my next match."
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He was lucky with his talent and we'd all like his wealth, but he has worked to make the most of his talent. Try not to be so bitter and twisted, it may allow you to think rationally.
Also he's still being judged by his 'anyone but England' comment. Get over it. Come on Murray!
Murray has 22 career titles to his credit so far
Since 2005, aside from Djokovic, Nadal & Federer, only Safin (Aus 2005) and del Potro (US 2009) have won Grand Slam titles.
Having reached 3 Grand Slam finals, Murray has the game, is not overrated, but whether he has the memtality to win one remains to be seen.
Why anyone wants to criticise, slate, feel sorry for him or whatever is beyond me!
Watching events that you've never quite seen before - will Murray win? Will he get 'job done' before 11 o'clock? Or will it go past? How much?
Add to that balls falling of pockets. Players sliping & sliding.
I'd like to aplaud the sportsmanship of Baghdatis. I hope he doesn't get criticism for common sense on his part.
If the AELTC wanted to give Murray an easier tournament, they'd have been better off putting him on first or second yesterday. They didn't.
So he does have talent then? You're just annoyed with him because he's not quite as good as maybe the 3 greatest players the game has ever seen? He also carries the hopes of national very rarely performs below his ranking.
So what has he won? I would say quite a lot and yes he lacks a slam but 6 SF's and 3 finals is not bad for a work in progress.
I was impressed with Murray last night, he handled all the different variables - deadlines, talented opponent, his shorts, knee issue - well and raised his game just when he needed to. He blew Baghdatis off court in the final set.
I don't think his talent is in question, he's just unlucky to be playing the same time as the other 3!
As for the comment he is overrated, that is daft. The world rankings don't overrate.
the Murray bashing has nothing to do with tennis and everything to do with football and a tongue in cheek comment andy made a very long time ago about england. I know.. it REALLY is that petty and ridiculous.
oh and im just about as south as you can get on the mainland and a fan of TENNIS and a loyal murray fan. Dont judge us all because of a brainless minority ;-)
C'Mon Murray!