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Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « on: August 23, 2010, 03:55 PM »
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Brad Gilbert, arguably the best coach in the world, has hailed Andy Murray's new aggressive style as the last piece of the puzzle for his maiden Slam.

Gilbert, fan favourite, and ex-coach of the Scot, believes he has finally cracked how to implement aggressive play effectively into his game style, something the American pushed hard for while he coached Murray.

When I started coaching him almost five years ago he had this five-year plan that his game was going to blossom.

He felt it was going to happen at the Australian Open (where he was beaten by Roger Federer in the final in January). Everything was lined up and I think he had a hangover from that for about four or five months.

I think now finally that he's changed his game, he's finally over that and at 23 years old he is coming into his own and now it's just a matter of getting to the finish line but he really believes he can do it.

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I have never seen Andy Murray play more positive and aggressive tennis than in Toronto. He did not rely on defence and it is so much more economical to play offensive tennis.

By nature he likes to play defensive, he can weave tangled webs and get out of it, but it's so much more enjoyable and fun to play offensive and win offensive and that's what he's doing and that's what he needs to do to win majors.

Gilbert made additional comments about Murray in a radio interview with the BBC, you can listen to that here.


In other news: Murray seeded fourth at US Open
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #1 on: August 23, 2010, 04:54 PM »
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"Fans' favourite"
"Arguably the best coach in the world"

Mark, if you love Gilbert so much, why don't you just go and bloody marry him? wink lol
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #2 on: August 23, 2010, 05:19 PM »
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They are just objective observations Whistle
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #3 on: August 23, 2010, 05:23 PM »
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Interesting to hear about this five year plan... I guess it still applies for the US Open too. I think the serve is the platform for muzza. If he is serving well then he draws a lot of confidence and starts to play with more aggression. When the serve starts to falter he goes into his shell. I'd like to see him move in on the 2nd serve a bit more often for example.

Nice comments by Gilbert though
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #4 on: August 23, 2010, 05:34 PM »
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In terms of grand slam success, would we not probably consider Toni Nadal as the best coach in the world?
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #5 on: August 23, 2010, 05:38 PM »
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But that would just be a statistic, it all depends on how much credit you give Nadal when you consider how good Toni is.
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #6 on: August 23, 2010, 05:38 PM »
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Ah, I see where you're coming from now.
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #7 on: August 23, 2010, 05:40 PM »
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Haven't you got the names mixed up there, Mark? Smile
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #8 on: August 23, 2010, 05:41 PM »
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Quote from: Yamor on August 23, 2010, 05:40 PM
Haven't you got the names mixed up there, Mark? Smile
No?

When you decide how good Toni is as a coach, a lot of it comes down to how much credit you give Nadal for his natural ability and everything else that he would possess without a coach.
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #9 on: August 23, 2010, 05:45 PM »
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Oh, I understand what you're saying, just you're discussing how good Toni is, so it makes more sense to say "it all depends on how much credit you give Toni, when you consider how good Nadal is", the opposite of what you wrote, no?
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #10 on: August 23, 2010, 05:47 PM »
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No, because your way suggests I'm making an argument to devalue Toni when I wasn't actually making a judgment on him. My only point was to say it's important you remember the player's natural qualities when you decide how good a coach is. I admit my post has the potential to be confusing Smile
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #11 on: August 23, 2010, 05:49 PM »
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Ah, I see. I thought you were trying to make a judgement...
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #12 on: August 23, 2010, 05:49 PM »
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Nah, I don't know enough about Toni to make a judgement, just thought it worth mentioning to remember the beast that is Nadal Very Happy
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #13 on: August 23, 2010, 05:52 PM »
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Isn't that enough to be able to say with certainty that Toni's achievement's can't mean as much as they seem?
Funny this, arguing with you to support a point which you made!
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Re: Murray praised by Gilbert for attacking style « Reply #14 on: August 23, 2010, 05:53 PM »
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Quote from: Yamor on August 23, 2010, 05:52 PM
Isn't that enough to be able to say with certainty that Toni's achievement's can't mean as much as they seem?
On the surface, I suppose.
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