Andy Murray: ‘He didn’t play his best today. In the past I didn’t believe enough in myself on clay’

Andy Murray knew he had a sort of advantage going into the final against Novak Djokovic. The Serb had played in total five hours and a half on Friday and Saturday, and it influenced him today.

“He didn”t play his best today – Murray recognized – It”s not easy playing late matches and having to come back the next day. That”s one of the challenging things about the Masters Series. In the slams you don”t have that, because you get a day of rest. It”s not easy. I knew for me I was extremely fresh, because I played quick matches really throughout the whole tournament.””There were some tough moments for me in the second set – he affirmed analyzing the match – I saved the break points well and held strong. And, yeah, overall it was a great week for me. I didn”t lose a set. Winning a clay court Masters Series, last year I certainly didn”t think I”d be doing that multiple times over and giving myself a lot of opportunities to do that. So it”s been a good week.” He served very well during all the tournament. Does he think this is the main secret of his great run in Rome? “Yeah, I think so. The thing that cost me points has not been my serve. I made a few mistakes in the second set after my serve but wasn”t like Novak or really in …

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