Andy Murray: Comfort Outside the Comfort Zone

By Rajat Jain
at Internationaled.org

Published: August 16, 2010

As Roger Federer’s forehand lob went outside the baseline on the championship point, Andy Murray let out a slight scream of joy, went to his support crew for a little celebration, and looked happy. When he gave the presentation speech, though, the same elation was replaced by contention. So was his body language while collecting the trophy, staging the champion’s walk, and posing for the photographers. He was happy, no doubt about it. But he has been in this place before, winning the Master’s titles four times, including one in Canada. His mind must have wandering towards the bigger prize, the proceedings of which starts two weeks later at New York—the U. S. Open.

Being in this situation was a familiar territory for him, so no apprehensions were there. How he came into this situation, though, was not so familiar. I had mentioned yesterday that a lot will depend on how comfortable Murray will feel operating outside his comfort zone while playing against Federer. Just like his counter punching style doesn’t work against Rafael Nadal, it doesn’t work against the 16-time Slam winner too.

Murray had tried operating the same way at Melbourne, however missed a trick by continuously targeting the Federer backhand. Federer is awfully good at his backhand side if the ball does not bounce high, usually by running around his backhand to unleash his own version of the inside-out forehand, or hitting the forehand down-the-line. He is more vulnerable—especially since the last couple of years when he has not been so consistent in his ground game—while hitting the forehand on the run. Murray utilized this exact weakness at Toronto starting with his excellent return game. It is amazing how well Murray returns—it was no surprise when he read Nadal’s relatively poor serve so well yesterday, but it sure was amazing that Federer won less than 50 percent of his points on his first serve...

Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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