TENNIS 2014 ROLAND GARROS – 29th of May 2014. A. Murray d. M. Matosevic 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. An interview with Andy Murray
Q. Have you served that well in a little while? Looked pretty good.
ANDY MURRAY: I served fairly well a couple of weeks ago, I said at the time, in Madrid and stuff. Even though the rest of my game wasn’t where I wanted it to be. I said at the time I was feeling like I was serving well.
It was a good serving performance today, especially when I was down in games, in the game I got broken right at the end it was not down to my serving, really. I just missed a few other shots.
But it was good serving.
Q. That was a very comprehensive victory. There were moments you were getting pretty cross with yourself, calling yourself an idiot and all that kind of thing.
ANDY MURRAY: I think when you guys are that close to the court, you’re going to pick up on everything that’s said during the match.
But, you know, from a player’s perspective, beginning of the sets and in the early rounds of slams when you get up a set, the beginning of sets are very important to try and get ahead whilst the opponent’s head is down a little bit.
And there was a couple games right at the beginning of the set where I had opportunities to break. One very long deuce game. I had Love 40, and maybe it took me six or seven breakpoints to get it.
But, you know, I was just trying to make sure that my intensity was there every moment, especially at the beginning of the sets.
I managed to get ahead early in all of them, and that helped.
Q. HBO show, “NHL,” they mic up the players during the games. You hear the things they say to each other, colorful cursing, it can be entertaining. Do you ever think how entertaining if you were ever mic’d up during one of your matches, talking to yourself?
ANDY MURRAY: I think a lot of the players it would be very interesting. I think the players that speak in English everybody picks up on that.
But some of the stuff, and I have said it before, some of the stuff that guys say in other languages a lot worse than, you know, the couple of words that I tend to use on the court. There is a few phrases that some of the guys use, and they’re not pretty.
Q. Spanish, you’re talking about, particularly?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, yeah. Yeah, some of the ones in Spanish aren’t great. Some of the Italian phrases, as well, are not so good. Some of the Serbian phrases also aren’t great, either (laughter).
I’m not the only one that talks to myself. Yeah, I think what I say is fairly mild compared to the guys that speak the other languages that people don’t pick up on.
Q. There are lots of rumors about who is going to be your next coach. Last one was Amélie Mauresmo. How do you feel about that? Is it annoying you? Do you have fun about it?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, you know, to be honest, ever since, you know, I stopped working with Ivan, there has been a lot of different names that people are mentioned. Obviously Amélie this week. There was Wilander. There has been Bjorkman, John McEnroe, Navratilova, Leon Smith, who is the Davis Cup captain, Bob Brett. There has been a lot of people that people have talked about.
You just have to, yeah, just kind of put up with it. When the time is right I will make an announcement. But nothing to say just yet.
Q. What was it that you liked so much about Taylor Townsend yesterday?
ANDY MURRAY: I love the way she played tennis, basically. She played she’s just a really nice player to watch. She hits the ball great. She’s very talented. She volleys. You don’t see that much now don’t really see it on the men or the women’s tour at all.
She had dropshots, she had angles, good attitude. Yeah, she was just very fun to watch. She’s going to be a very good player.
