Andy Murray not ‘overreacting’ as Brit provides verdict on Wimbledon after loss
Murray got here into Queen’s because the participant with probably the most match wins after choosing up back-to-back Challenger titles in Surbiton and Nottingham. But he fell on the first hurdle, taking place to seventh seed de Minaur in lower than 90 minutes.
It places an finish to his dream of being seeded at Wimbledon however the two-time champion at SW19 remains to be feeling constructive forward of his residence Grand Slam match. The world No 38 did not need to beat himself up over Tuesday’s loss, saying: “Look, I mean, obviously after today, you know, it’s easy to overreact.
“Well, no, I misplaced to a great participant and it was clearly very snug, however, you understand, on the similar time, during the last couple of weeks, sure, it is clearly not the identical degree of opponents, however I gained the match final week with out dropping a set. I solely misplaced one set in Surbiton. Was holding serve very comfortably. Was shifting effectively, hitting the ball good. There is a whole lot of constructive indicators there.”
The three-time Major champion expected to be playing well again at SW19 as he added: “You know, and the practices and all the things I had earlier than these tournaments too with some good gamers, high gamers, you understand, I used to be doing simply wonderful as effectively. So I’m snug with that. I do know my degree is there to compete with the highest gamers.
“But yeah, I just need to, yeah, take a few days and get a good week, ten days’ work in, and sure I’ll be playing well on the first Monday of Wimbledon.” While Murray is not going to be seeded – which means he may meet a high participant within the first spherical – he’s feeling assured in opposition to any opponent on the grass.
“You know, obviously grass, there is less players that are probably comfortable on the surface than the clay and the hard courts,” he stated, discussing his probabilities in opposition to everybody else within the draw at Wimbledon.
“You know, some of the seeded players are maybe not that comfortable on the grass, so there’s some draws that are better than others. There are also guys, I don’t know, like your Jordan Thompsons and these guys that are not seeded but love the grass courts and it’s their favourite surface.
“So, yeah, see what occurs. I do not know when the draw is finished, subsequent Thursday or Friday, however see what occurs now.”
The 36-year-old also said that his defeat wasn’t down to the pressure of trying to obtain a seeding at Wimbledon. “I handled it wonderful the final two weeks. So, yeah, I do not suppose it had any bearing on how I performed immediately,” he added.