Andy Murray hopes to be in 'really, really good place' for 'deep' Wimbledon run after making Qatar Open final

Andy Murray is hopeful that his game will be in a “really, really good place” by Wimbledon after looking reinvigorated so far in 2023. Former world No. 1 Murray has had a remarkable start to the season, pulling off six deciding-set victories, three of them from match points down.

Ad At the Qatar Open last week he spent 11 hours and 51 minutes on court as he reached the final, where he lost to Daniil Medvedev. ATP DubaiMurray withdraws from Dubai Tennis Championships due to hip injury9 HOURS AGO Murray has said that he has more “belief” in his body than ever after putting in plenty of training work over the off-season and after the Australian Open. And he feels his performances are “night and day” compared to this time last year, which could make him a dangerous opponent on his favourite surface – grass.

“My feeling on Wimbledon is that less players play well on grass,” he told the Times. “More of the guys are comfortable on the hard courts and that probably increases my chances. I’m not saying I would expect to win the French Open [on clay] if I played, but with Wimbledon there is certainly a better opportunity to have a deep run.

“But I also really like the way that I’ve trained in practice these last four months and I’ve not been doing that with Wimbledon in mind. I’m trying to just focus on each day and trying to get the most out of it. If I do that and accumulate enough of those days, then I believe that come Wimbledon my game will be in a really, really good place.

“I just know that where my game today, in comparison to where it was last year, is night and day. In Doha last year I played one of the worst matches of my career physically [losing 6-0 6-1 to Roberto Bautista Agut in the second round]. I felt s***, I