WIMBLEDON

June 21, 2005

Andy Murray

THE MODERATOR: Ladies and Gentlemen, Andy Murray. Can I have the first question, please.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah, I played pretty solid the whole match. I didn't make so many mistakes. I served very well. I don't think he had breakpoint on my serve the whole match. And I must have broken him five or six times. So I was pretty happy with the way that I played. I think I could have concentrated a bit better at the start of the third set and maybe towards the end of the second, but I was pretty happy with the way I played.

ANDREW MURRAY: I was a little bit nervous when I woke up this morning, yeah. But I think I was more excited than anything else. But when I got on the court, I was hitting the ball well from the start. The courts were nice and slow, which I quite like, but I was still getting enough on my serve. Thought I played pretty well.

ANDREW MURRAY: Didn't look like there were any problems, did it?

ANDREW MURRAY: No, it was fine. I didn't really feel it at all. I had very heavy strapping on. Obviously, I was wearing the brace, as well. I didn't feel it. It didn't affect me. I was running for all the balls that I normally would. So, no, it wasn't a problem.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah, well, I might just wear the brace all the time, one of the two. I'm going to go to France in the next few weeks and get my ankle sorted because I've got an extra bit of bone there, which is causing a little bit of the pain. But I think in the future, I'll probably get it strapped, yup.

ANDREW MURRAY: Whenever I have the time. I don't think it takes very long.

ANDREW MURRAY: No, probably not, because it's not like an operation or anything. I don't know exactly what it was, but I spoke with the physio about it. He said it just takes one day and I'll be fine the next.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yes.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah, well, a lot of guys use them, but it's not really the best thing to wear them all the time because then you stop using your ankle and you can put a lot of pressure on your knees, as well. Obviously, by not using your ankles, the ligaments get weaker. So maybe I don't know if you're running or doing something, you step badly, you can really hurt yourself. So maybe if I have a problem, I'll wear the brace. But if not, then I'll probably just have it strapped during the matches.

ANDREW MURRAY: No, not really. I wasn't really expecting to win. Obviously he's much better than me. He's maybe 200 places higher than me in the rankings and he's won against Sampras here, so I wasn't expecting to do so well. But once I got the break in the first set, I thought I played really well after that because at the start I was having a lot of chances on his serve and he didn't really have any chances on mine. But when I got the break, I relaxed and I played pretty well.

ANDREW MURRAY: No, that's fine (smiling). Might make me play a bit better, as well. Obviously, I'm not expecting to win. He's, I don't know, Top 20 in the world, maybe Top 15. He plays pretty well on grass. I think if I go out and play one of my best matches, I've got a slight chance. But apart from that, no, I should lose pretty comfortably (smiling).

ANDREW MURRAY: I don't go on court expecting to lose, but I don't feel so much pressure because the guys I'm playing against now are much better than me. If I lose, okay, I lost to a better player, and I've learnt something. But if I win, then it's great, I've won against a guy that's got a higher ranking than me. When I go on court, I'm going to try my best to win, but I'm just not expecting to do so well. If I lose, I'm not going to feel really badly about it.

ANDREW MURRAY: I don't really mind it. I suppose it's okay. It's a little bit over the top because I still haven't really done anything. I mean, I won the US Open Juniors, which was good, and I won a couple of matches at Queen's, and now I've won a match here. So really it's only four or five matches, and everybody's making it out as if I've pretty much won Wimbledon. And I think it's a little bit over the top.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah, well, I think I am. I think there's a lot of good players in Britain now from the younger ones that are doing not bad. But, obviously, my results have been the best out of the lot of them. So everybody's going to say that I am the new hope. I just have to do what I'm doing on the court. It doesn't really bother me.

ANDREW MURRAY: They have to fit me on Court 1 my next match because I'm playing against a seed. Obviously, I think my opponent might be a little bit nervous playing against me. The bigger the court they put me on, the more nervous he's going to get. So hopefully I'll get on one of the big ones.

ANDREW MURRAY: I read a little bit sometimes. My mom buys some papers in the morning, and I just read like the sport because I'm not really interested in the other stuff. So, yeah, I see maybe two or three of the papers.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah, it was very good. They were a little bit unfair on my opponent because when he played a good shot, they didn't really do anything, and when he made a mistake, they made a lot of noise. But they were very good. They gave me a lot of support, and hopefully it will continue for my next match.

ANDREW MURRAY: Black-Eyed Peas. Same as at Queen's. It's working for me. I'm going to keep listening to it until I lose.

ANDREW MURRAY: Really? I didn't really speak to her. I try not to speak to her before the matches. I just saw her there just as I came in, so I've not really spoken to her. But she's very supportive of me. She was very good this morning. She made me my breakfast, so that was good (smiling).

ANDREW MURRAY: No, not really. She's -- I don't know why I should speak to her. I want to concentrate on my match. Obviously, I speak with my coach about my tactics and I go and practice with him. But when I arrived here, I didn't really see her except for maybe one or two minutes. I don't really need to speak to her before the matches.

ANDREW MURRAY: Well, Tim Henman's not bad.

ANDREW MURRAY: Scottish.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah, well, it's good. The Scottish -- British Juniors have started to do well the last couple years. I think we've had maybe three or four in the Top 10 in the Juniors, so it's getting better and better. But I think I've been the only one in the last sort of 10, 12 years who has won a big tournament. So, yeah, maybe it's a bit of a surprise.

ANDREW MURRAY: I don't know yet. He's still got commitments with Sky and with the LTA. But I think it's working quite well and I'm going to do my best to make him travel with me. And the LTA have been very supportive about it. They want me to have the best I can, and if it's Mark, then I'm going to travel with Mark. But I'll just have to wait and see. Maybe he doesn't want to travel with me.

ANDREW MURRAY: Maybe a little bit. But I think I was getting a little bit annoyed on court today because I wasn't concentrating as well as I could have. And it was mainly when I had easy passing shots, I tried a couple of stupid lobs. I tried to play a couple to his feet when I could have just hit a winner. So that's why I was getting a little bit annoyed on court today.

ANDREW MURRAY: I don't really mind it. I try not to think about it. I just kept walking and signed a few autographs. I've done it a few times before. But it's nice in some ways because I know that there's a lot of people supporting me and a lot of people wanting me to do well. So I just have to take the positives from it.