Men’s Tennis: Andy Murray Suffers a Third Straight Loss at Miami

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Published: March 27, 2011

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This is something noteworthy. Andy Murray, the hitherto great challenger to Federer and Nadal, has today posted a fourth straight loss. Well, to be really technical, it's kind of a third straight loss, if one counts the Miami ATP Masters as his third straight tournament at which he has failed to win a match.

This sort of statistic is something of concern. Murray, clearly, hasn't gotten over the blue which overwhelmed him in the wake of losing a third straight Grand Slam final, when Novak Djokovic pounded him into submission in Melbourne for a 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 victory. Since that match, in fact, Murray, hasn't even posted a set against anyone on tour. He has lost at Rotterdaam to Marcos Baghdatis, at Indian Wells to Donald Young, and most recently, to Alex Bogomolov at Miami, all in straights. Is there a mental aspect to all this?

One would bet there is. For one thing, it is quite incomprehensible that Murray should have lost to any of these three guys on his best day—we all know how good Murray is. His play has been erratic, mixed and inconsistent, suffering from that syndrome of indecision which so often he himself would inflict on his opponents. There have been brilliant patches in this three-match losing streak but also horrendous and shocking ones.

There is just something a bit disconcerting in hearing that Andy Murray, so fine a player, should have fallen into a three-match losing slump. Top players like him have suffered heavy losses, but none perhaps have taken them as badly as Murray. His loss to Djokovic is likely the real killer. One wouldn't have imagined that he would have lost his next three matches, had he lifted the trophy at Melbourne. The winning drive is, for the moment, lost, as much as he had put all his efforts into winning that final.

We can't fall into the trap of playing down his opponents' efforts either, Baghdatis, Young and Bogomolov have certainly played ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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