Is he a top ten player? Experienced Brit is about to prove his qualities on grass

Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray is still hungry to play and win. This year he probably made his biggest impact with his final appearance in Doha. He had a frugal plan for the clay part of the season. Now, with the advent of grass courts, that plan is turning into a much more ambitious one.

Andy Murray has impressed tennis fans several times this year. At the February event in Doha, Qatar, he was not the favourite in most of his matches, but he put up great battles, winning four matches in three sets. He knocked out, for example, Zverev or Lehecka and played the final of an ATP tournament after more than half a year.

The thirty-six year old tennis player thus gave a reminder of his most glorious sporting period. Between 2008 and 2017 he played 21 semi-final matches at the majors, an exclusive result in the Big Three era itself. Murray made 11 finals appearances and enjoyed Grand Slam triumphs on three occasions.

The Glasgow native is the winner of the 2012 US Open and a two-time champion of the legendary Wimbledon. He won the trophy here in 2013, when he didn’t give a set to Novak Djokovic in the final, and a second time three years later. Then he overcame Milos Raonic in a similar fashion. The latter, by the way, is returning to the ATP after a long hiatus these days.

The desire to succeed at Wimbledon

At the French Open, the British tennis player took a break. He decided on a different strategy. He chose to participate in the Challengers. Tournaments with weaker line-ups will give him what he needs most now. Enough matches and preferably winnable ones.

It worked 100% in April in Aix en Provence, France, where he triumphed. And by the time the best players were battling success on clay in Paris, Andy Murray was already rolling on grass in Surbiton. He was unbeaten at the local Challenger and would quite like to continue in the same vein.

The former world number one is still optimistic about his goals. He wants to fight his way into the second week of this year’s Wimbledon. To once again get a taste of the unique atmosphere of a home Grand Slam. And she’s certainly up for it, at least in her own eyes.

Murray is convinced that there aren’t ten better players in the world than himself in the grass court game. He argues from his matches last year with Greece’s Tsitsipas or Australia’s Kyrgios.

Every match will be important

The experienced British tennis player certainly knows that it is not only his performance at the London Grand Slam itself that matters. His results at tournaments before Wimbledon will also be important. “I want to go as far as possible (at them) to get as close as possible to a position that will secure me a place among the seeded players at Wimbledon,” Murray said.

Recall that the top 32 players in the rankings will be among the seeds. Andy Murray is more than ten places lower at the moment and will need a good portion of points from the Queens Club and the current Nottingham Challenger. He won’t have any more attempts.

He is seeded number one in Nottingham and he doesn’t want to look at the tournament as just a source of potential ranking points. “The main thing is to play as many matches as possible in different conditions and against different opponents,” the British tennis player specified his priorities. On Thursday, Murray will face Grenier of France, the world’s No. 2 player.

It all fits together perfectly, actually. If Andy Murray wins, he will play more matches and get enough points. Maybe he’ll be a top seed at Wimbledon. And we’ll see there. It’s impossible not to look forward to seeing how this story unfolds.

Source: ATP, Eurosport