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Andy Murray is hoping that home comforts will help him capture the prestigious ATP Tour Finals crown at the O2 Arena in London next week.
The British number one will benefit from home advantage when he battles it out against the seven other best players in the world over the next week.
Murray enjoys home crowd favouritism at Wimbledon, and believes he will enjoy the same backing as he did both at SW19 and at the O2 in last year’s event.
“The pressure is pretty much the same and the home crowd really does make a difference,” said Murray at a media Q&A session in London.
“Every tennis player will tell you when you play at home it really helps you to have the crowd behind you.
“Everyone knows it’s a huge tournament, it’s nice to be around the top guys in such a great event, and I hope to make it back and qualify for it for years to come.
“The venue is going to be great, as it was last year, the atmosphere was brilliant and we had full crowds for almost all of the matches and they’re expecting it to be the same again.”
Murray won two out of three matches at the O2 last year, but went out agonisingly on games difference, but that disappointment will not change his mentality this time around.
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“Last year won’t change my approach, I always just go out to try and win tennis matches and I’m not going to start thinking about games won, I just want to go out and win the matches, if you win two you should be okay.”
Robin Soderling is first up in the round-robin phase for Murray, with the Swede taking over at world number three after winning the recent Paris Masters, but rankings are not at the top of Murray’s thoughts.
“The rankings are not a major deal, I still have a chance of finishing three anyway with a good tournament here. You have to beat the best to win grand slams anyway and I don’t think the rankings will stop you doing that.
“He (Soderling) is a big guy, he’s a big hitter and very dangerous, and he’s the man in form at the moment after winning in Paris.”
Murray is in no doubt as to the size of the event, with the tournament right up there with the best around due to only the top eight players being involved.
“All the players at the start of the year want to try and make it to this event as it shows you’ve had a great year. It’s similar to the Masters events but here all the players are in good form coming into the tournament and there are no easy matches.
“I feel fresh mentally and physically but I’m going to have to play at my very best to have a chance of winning against these great players.
“You can’t predict who’s going to win a tournament like this and that’s what makes it so special.”
Murray battles back in Paris
Andy Murray fought back from a set down to beat David Nalbandian and move into the third round of the Paris Masters.
The Scot was caught cold at the start of the match as his opponent dominated proceedings both from the back of the court and up at the net.
Opting to change his tactics after losing a one-sided first set, Murray played his way back into the match as he looked to dictate from the net whenever possible.
It paid dividends as he pinched a tight second set and finished strongly in the decider to triumph 2-6 6-4 6-3.
“Yeah, it was very difficult,” he told Sky Sports afterwards. “I had to change my game completely.
“I had to serve and volley pretty much the whole of the second set because I couldn’t win a point from the back of the court – he was moving me around everywhere.
“Maybe it’s something I need to look to do more often.
“I think I served and volleyed really well today. I was hitting my second serve 165-180 kmph which is big and on a surface like this it works.
“At the end of the first set I knew I needed to change something as it really wasn’t going well at all.”
There was a brief scare for the Scot midway through the third set as he was forced to call the trainer to look at a wrist injury, but it appeared a passing problem as he regrouped to win in convincing style.
“I felt quite a sharp pain in my wrist and I’ve had a few problems with it in the past so I got a little bit scared when I felt something,” he added.
“But at the end of the match it felt ok, although I guess we’ll see when I cool down whether it’s anything to worry about.”
Murray through in Valencia
Andy Murray overcame a difficult first round draw to progress past Feliciano Lopez at the Valencia Open 500 on Tuesday.
The top seed and defending champion cruised through the first set but needed to come from a break down in the second to book his place in the second round with a 6-3 7-6 triumph.
Murray broke the world number 31 for a 3-1 lead early on and it was enough to take the set which he wrapped up in half an hour including five aces.
Lopez came under pressure again early in the second but responded from 0-30 down to hold in the third game and then broke the Scot in the next to take a 3-1 lead.
But Murray continued to attack his opponent’s delivery and it was only a matter of time before he levelled it up, doing so on the first of two break points in the seventh game.
Lopez hit back, forcing Murray to save two set points of his own at 4-5, but the world number four held his nerve to level and it eventually went to a tie-break, where the Briton quickly established his superiority before clinching victory on the first of five match points.
Andy Murray set to name coach by new year
Murray has been without a full-time coach since July
Andy Murray has confirmed he expects to appoint a new full-time coach by the end of the year.
The 23-year-old Scot has been working with Spaniard Alex Corretja on a temporary basis after splitting from Miles Maclagan in July.
Murray had been keen not to rush into a decision but insisted: “I want to make sure I pick the right coach.
“I’m going to keep working with Alex to the end of the year and look to appoint someone, probably in December.”
Under Maclagan’s guidance, the world number four reached his first two Grand Slam finals at the 2008 US Open and 2010 Australian Open, losing on both occasions to Roger Federer.
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Following Melbourne, Murray suffered a drop in form before reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon after which he parted company with Maclagan.
And the British number one added: “I don’t want to just go for anyone as it might be a mistake after three or four months.”
Murray has had a mixed season with a first Grand Slam victory continuing to prove elusive and he admitted that if he is to win one it will almost certainly not be on the clay of the French Open.
Speaking ahead of the Beijing Open he added: “I think the French Open will be [the least likely] but in the other three I think if I play well I’ll give myself chances to win.
“But it’s very difficult right now because these guys at the top are playing very well.”
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