"I haven't made my decision yet about a coach," said the British No1, left, following his scratchy first-round win over the world No 291, Marcel Granollers-Pujol. "I've thought about it a bit but it's not my No1 priority right now. I want to play matches on clay and try to get better." Guardian

After this tournament I am going to practise as hard as I can before my next tournament,” he said. “Last year, I played well in some matches, but consistently I’ve not been that great on clay.

“I’ve always said that hard courts are my best surface but because I said clay was my favourite, everyone thought it was my best. I like playing on it. I mean, I lost a match last week, 7-5 in the third that I could have won 6-4, 6-4, and this was only my third match on clay [on the ATP Tour], so it’s not that much of a crisis. Look at [Rafael] Nadal, he hasn’t exactly played that well on grass courts.”

Though Murray struggled with his own game during the tie, the sound coming from the other side of the net probably did not help his concentration. Maria Sharapova eat your heart out. Granollers-Pujol grunted loud and long after almost every shot, the range, length and variation of it all suggesting that a career in opera may be a viable alternative if his tennis dream fails to take off.

“I didn’t really notice it that much,” Murray said. “I know some people make a big deal out of grunting, but as long as you don’t make a noise when the other player hits the ball then it’s fine. He was even grunting when he wasn’t hitting the ball hard, which was a bit strange.”
Times

Murray is still looking for a full-time replacement for his former coach Mark Petchey, from whom he parted earlier in the month. His manager, Patricio Apey, revealed that there were a number of candidates under consideration. "A number of people have been suggested as possible replacements ­ some of them correct, some of them not," Apey said. "We are taking our time in trying to find the right person."
Independent

As Murray does not currently have a coach to watch over his matches, he has been accompanied to Barcelona by his mother and former coach, Judy, who will no doubt have made a few observations after the match with Granollers-Pujol and ahead of his first meeting with Ferrer.
Telegraph