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[Lurking]

Does he want a job?

Can't say I believe he'll have the leap Wilander claims he'll have.

[Philip]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-1309645/US-OPEN-2010-Andy-Murray-years-left-realise-Grand-Slam-dreams-insists-Brad-Gilbert.html

Only Andy himself can know the answer to this, but I suspect his two big Grand Slam defeats this year by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, at the Australian Open and Wimbledon respectively, may be having a lingering effect.

What does Andy need to do to take the final step? Plug in a DVD of what he did in Toronto, where he beat Roger and Rafa back-to-back with the most awesome attacking tennis I have ever seen from him.

Taking the game to his opponents and using his amazing array of skills to the full has to be the way to go. He has to do this every week in every match he plays, no matter what the tournament.

Had he played with the same mindset against Wawrinka that he did in Toronto then he would have been less susceptible to the kind of player who has troubled him in the Slams in recent years - the big hitter from the baseline having a hot day.

[The Cosmic Entity]

Legendary coach Nick Bollettieri tells Andy Murray he's the man to help him win a Slam

EXCLUSIVE By MIKE DICKSON

Last updated at 12:23 AM on 11th September 2010

The world's most celebrated tennis coach has declared that he would love to step in and try to help Andy Murray achieve his lifetime dream of winning a Grand Slam title.
Nick Bollettieri, who runs the eponymous academy in Florida and who has coached Andre Agassi and Boris Becker, believes he could take the world No 4 the extra step.
Bollettieri’s willingness to help Murray flies in the face of speculation that big-name coaches would be reluctant to take on the headstrong 23-year-old Scot.

As Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal head with seeming inevitability towards a classic showdown in the US Open final on Sunday night, Murray is at home weighing up his long-term coaching options.
Bollettieri, an extraordinarily youthful 78, told Sportsmail: ‘At this stage of my career there are very few players I would like to take on, but Andy is one of them. I really like him as a person and he has got all the tools. It would be fascinating to coach him.’
Significantly, the veteran American mentor gets on well with Murray’s mother Judy. When the disappointed Murray camp returned to their Manhattan hotel last Sunday, Bollettieri was on hand.

Helping hand: Nick Bollettieri coached Andre Agassi and Boris Becker to Grand Slam triumphs
Although he admires Murray’s part-time coaching consultant Alex Corretja, the Spaniard’s future is uncertain. The player declined to have Corretja around for his build-up to the Open and nosedived after his arrival. During Murray’s defeat by Stanislas Wawrinka, he could be seen mouthing abuse at Corretja.
The relentlessly positive Bollettieri said: ‘I would put Andy at the centre of it all and ask him exactly how he wants to achieve his goals. You have got to observe at first. With Boris (Becker), I didn’t say anything to him for the first three weeks.
‘Andy’s a special individual, like Boris and Andre (Agassi), and maybe the coach needs to be a character, too. My feeling is that he needs to favour his forehand more and use it as a hammer.

'I’m not sure you can win a Grand Slam now playing from too far behind the baseline - it gives your opponent too much time.’
After beating Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-3, 6-4, 24-year-old Nadal is two matches from becoming the youngest player to win all four Grand Slams, at the one major venue where he has not played a final.

On Saturday he faces Russian Mikhail Youzhny in the semi-final, while Federer has the more difficult task of getting past third seed Novak Djokovic.
With the Swiss so masterful in the strong winds that are likely to continue through the final weekend, Verdasco favours him.

‘If I had to bet, it would be for Roger,’ he said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-1311022/Nick-Bollettieri-tells-Andy-Murray-hes-man-help-win-Slam.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz0zC5DZ8HW

[matchpoint]

It seems Pat Cash will be giving his two pennyworth on Andy's mental state in tomorrow's Sunday Times...

[Aileen]

Yeah, well, they got it wrong about Federer.

As for Bollettieri meeting the Murrays after Andy's defeat, that reminds me of US "ambulance chasers" - lawyers specialising in accident compensation claims touting business from victims while they are still in shock in order to make big bucks.  Does Andy really want to take time to attend B's Academy, unless, of course, he fancies several weeks or more out of the game.

Pat Cash sucks.  End of.  Can't access any articles online anyway unless I'm prepared to pay £1 for the privilege, which I'm not.

[araminta]

What stopped John Lloyd winning a Slam then?

[araminta]

Maybe that is what is so sad Aileen. There is no doubt in many minds that Andy has the talent. There just seems to be a tiny piece of the jigsaw missing.