Andy Murray explains his separation with Mauresmo: ‘Not many players want to travel much’

Today, in press conference, in Rome, Andy Murray explained his separation with his coach Amelie Mauresmo that was announced yesterday, but was decided nine days ago.

‘Obviously I think the end of last year we tried, you know, tried to make it work. You know, Amélie was in Dubai, did a training block with me and agreed to, you know, try for another year. Obviously in Australia it started well, but then, yeah, I mean, I was saying to the British guys yesterday that, you know, between the Australian Open and Rome, you know, we only spent 10 days together really which is in Miami, and, you know, that wasn’t planned, either. It was just such a long period of the year, an important period where I was struggling, as well, where we weren’t together.’  He then continued, ‘We certainly could have tried through to the end of Wimbledon, but longer term and medium term the same thing was going to continue happening. It just made more sense to, you know, to stop now.’ Murray is satisfied with the work he and Mauresmo did. Speaking about their partnership, he said, ‘It did work. I mean, for two years I think the results that we had were, you know, were good. Maybe, you know, like I said, unless I win a Grand Slam, then maybe ultimately that’s how people may judge whether it worked or not, but when she first came into the team, I was really struggling. You know, I was not doing well. You know, my …

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