Andy Murray ends coaching relationship with Amelie Mauresmo
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British world number three Andy Murray has split from coach Amelie Mauresmo after two years.
Murray, 28, said he had "learnt a lot" from Mauresmo but they had "mutually agreed" to end their partnership.
"Dedicating enough time along with the travel has been a challenge," twice Grand Slam champion Mauresmo added.
Since he began working with her in June 2014, Murray has won seven titles - including his first two on clay - but has failed to add to his two majors.
In a joint statement, Murray added: "She's been a calming influence in the team and we will all miss having her around.
"I'll take some time to consider the next steps and how we progress from here, but I'd like to thank her for everything she has done. She's been an invaluable member of the team."
Frenchwoman Mauresmo, 36, who gave birth to her first child in August 2015, added: "Working with Andy over the last two years has been a fantastic experience for me.
"I've thoroughly enjoyed being part of the great team of people he has around him. I wish him and the team well and I hope he goes on to win many more titles."
Murray - who lost his number two ranking to Roger Federer after his defeat by Novak Djokovic in the Madrid Open final on Sunday - was previously coached by former world number one Ivan Lendl, under whom he won the 2012 US Open and 2013 Wimbledon.
The Scot was the first leading male player to employ a female coach, saying at the time of the appointment: "I've always had a strong female influence in my career and that's something I needed right now."
Analysis
BBC Radio 5 live tennis correspondent Russell Fuller:
"Murray has always maintained he needs to spend 25 weeks a year with his head coach, and - even if a final decision was only taken last week - it has become apparent over the last few months that as a new mum, Mauresmo would be unable to find that time. She trained with Murray in Dubai in December, but since January's Australian Open, has only been on coaching duty in Miami.
"Murray has been unable to add to his Grand Slam tally in their two years together, but has become phenomenally consistent and something of a clay-court natural. He will miss the calmness she brought to the team, and may struggle to find someone of similar experience whom he feels as comfortable confiding in.
"Murray will, for now, work exclusively with Jamie Delgado, as he begins to sound out potential successors to Mauresmo. You would expect him to seek someone with a glittering playing or coaching CV, but that is a limited pool and he is not an easy man to second guess. Murray is always happy to buck the trend, but won't do so just for the sake of it."
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"Shades of Tim Henman I'm afraid, just not quite good enough."
I think that there's a difference between Henman ,11 titles, and Murray, 35 titles (so far), including 2 Grand Slams as well as the Olympics. You can't win even 1 Grand Slam without being good enough. It's really just that Novak is better.
Brilliant player that he is, Murray's main problem is that Djokovic is better than him.
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Actually, at the moment, this is every player's main problem. And as for Timbo-like 'not good enough', had Murray been around in Tim's prime, he would have many more majors than he does - winning majors in the time of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic in their prime is very hard indeed.
thats federer, nadal and djokovic have cleaned up 34 major titles between them in that time!!!
i think Murray can be proud of his career given the dominance of the others!
David Cameron has said that's what happens when you vote to leave the EU.
Andy is by any measure an exceptional player and in any other era would probably have plenty more Slams to his name. That he has won slams despite those two obscenely consistent players is great credit to him
Indeed. This changes nothing. Murray and his family ARE British tennis.
The Davis Cup win is one of the finest British team wins in any sport.....ever....and Andy was astonishing.
He knew he had to win every single match he played ...and he did.
The man is a mega star.
It is not his fault that Djokovic is almost unplayable never mind unbeatable.
Too many Lendl was best for Andy as he seemed to toughen him up mentally, an issue which has dogged Andy at critical times.
But he also needs a psychologist to cut out all the negativity.
John Lloyd and the other pundits say there is little difference in tennis ability between the top 4. It's between the ears where Murray is inferior. And his opponents know that