Tennis: One game at a time for Murray, says coach

HONG KONG: Andy Murray’s coach Ivan Lendl played down his chances of sealing back-to-back Grand Slams at the Australian Open. Lendl has coached Murray to Olympic gold and the US Open title, but he said it would be tough in January with the world’s top four all expected to be in action. “Tennis is a very difficult sport to win these days with the likes of [Novak] Djokovic, [Roger] Federer and [Rafael] Nadal and Andy in that group — it’s very difficult to succeed,” said Lendl. The former world number one and winner of eight Grand Slam titles refused to be drawn on their targets for next season. “I am not going to go there. I never get into the details of his game with anyone because it is not necessary for anyone other than Andy to know. The best way to go about it is one game at a time.”

Published in The Express Tribune, November 22^nd, 2012.