"I wasn't expecting to play like that": Murray left frustrated in honest assessment after Miami Open exit
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Andy Murray was brutally honest in assessing his play at the Miami Open which wasn't very good as he lost to Dusan Lajovic who is not a good player on hard courts.
Yes, the Serbian is not good on hard courts but he played really well against Murray. It was a really balanced effort and Murray couldn't do much, especially in rallies. He explained that well after the match and admitted that the serve was okay but the rallies were a problem. It was interesting because generally, his serve gives him problems more times than not:
“I served pretty well, but the rest of the game was a
bit of a problem today. Didn't really return that well, made a number of
errors that obviously I wouldn't expect to be making.”
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He continued by talking about the movement:
"I didn't really feel like I moved particularly well,
which is really important for me, something I've been doing very well
actually in most of the matches this year. So that was probably the
thing. Some days you obviously don't hit the ball your best, but my
movement wasn't great today.”
And more:
"I'd been practicing pretty well. It's a very different
court here, very bouncy, much faster than last week. Very different to
the practice courts and everything. The ball was bouncing up a bit
higher and I just miss-timed quite a few balls. Sometimes on the slice
it was shooting through a little bit more, kind of shanked a couple
shots off the slice, as well… I wasn't expecting to play like that, even
based on the last few days because I've been decent in practice."
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