Andy Murray Needs Strong Finish to Salvage Disappointing 2014 Season

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Published: August 14, 2014

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Andy Murray was supposed to become the next member of tennis' elite triumvirate in 2014 after having a banner year last season that included winning Wimbledon and advancing to the finals at the Australian Open. 

Instead, the 27-year-old has come out this season and been a massive disappointment. Murray has not won an event in singles or doubles, and his win percentage of 71.1 is the worst of his professional career dating back to 2007. 



Murray is currently competing at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, winning a three-set marathon against No. 11 John Isner that required him to save two match points on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals. 

That's been the story for Murray all season. He's winning most of the matches he's supposed to, but when you put a top-10 player in front of him, everything wilts. The Glasgow native has just one win in seven matches against ATP Top 10 players this season. 

Using the Western & Southern Open as a tuneup, Murray's best chance to salvage the worst season of his career to this point is by finding the second gear that carried him to a title at the All England Club last year. 

The good news is that Murray will have one more opportunity to finish his 2014 season with an exclamation point. The U.S. Open is the final major of the year and gets underway on August 25. It was the site of his first major triumph in tennis, winning the event in 2012. 

Falling all the way to No. 9 in the world rankings should be a wake-up call for Murray, who did acknowledge in a May interview with Sky Sports that finding consistency on the court is the key to success:

Obviously I didn’t play the last three months of last year, so after the US Open I have no points to defend through to the end of the year and hopefully then the ranking will start to move up again.

But outside of the Slams really it...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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