Andy Murray targets Wimbledon run however at peace with not successful extra main titles
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ndy Murray has set his sights on a run into the second week of Wimbledon however admitted he was content material in his profession if he by no means wins one other main title.
Murray gained his second Challenger title of the season on the Surbiton Trophy on Sunday earlier than turning his consideration to Nottingham the place he loved an opening-round 6-3, 6-4 victory over Joris De Loore.
He is on the lookout for sturdy runs in each Nottingham after which Queen’s subsequent week in a bid to be seeded for Wimbledon the place he imagine he has a shot at a future.
“I want to go as deep as possible here to try to get close to a seed for Wimbledon,” he stated. “That’s my goal so hopefully I can get a bit closer. The courts here are similar to how Wimbledon plays in the second week so hopefully I can get to the second week of that.
“The main thing is to get as many matches played in different conditions against different types of opponents. He was a really big server but I made it through.”
Murray opted to skip the French Open in a bid to deal with the grass and a doubtlessly prolonged run at Wimbledon, which he gained in 2013 and 2016.
He stated after his win at Surbiton and Novak Djokovic’s 23rd grand slam title in Paris, that his spouse Kim had despatched him a message of congratulations, which acted as an enormous enhance.
He revealed on Tuesday, “She said, ‘I’m just watching Novak on the news, seeing that he won in Paris and I’m so proud that you’re still grinding it out in Challengers and still working as hard as you know you ever have done’. That means a lot to me.
“You can’t always be comparing yourself to other people, and people that are more successful than you. I probably learned that more as I got older.
“So, whether I win another grand slam or winning Challengers is the peak for me now, I’m okay with that because I’m doing what I love to do.”