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‘I’ll give it a good go this year’
- Updated: December 28, 2016
Andy Murray is taking a different approach in his build-up to the season-opening grand slam as he bids to finally better five runner-up finishes at the Australian Open.
The world No 1 is preparing for the tournament at Melbourne Park, which gets underway on January 16, by competing in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi rather than the mixed team round robin format of the Hopman Cup in Perth which he has favoured for the last two years.
Murray, who plays his first match at the Abu Dhabi event on Friday, said he would be going into the Australian Open with confidence after a strong finish to last season.
“I’ve played really well there in the past and it …
