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Andy Murray insists he is happy with his game as he looks to go one better after losing to Rafael Nadal in the final of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells last year.

Murray came in for criticism after his Australian Open defeat to Roger Federer for not adopting aggressive tactics, but Murray insists that although he is always looking to improve his game, he will not radically change his playing style.

"I'm not all of a sudden going to become a serve-and-volleyer or come to the net every point because the game I've played up to now has been successful," Murray told ESPN.com.

"But I need to get better, and one of the things I can do is take more chances, hit the ball a bit harder and come to the net more, and that's something I've been working on.

"I'm not happy with being No. 4 in the world and getting to No. 2 last year and the final of a Slam. I want to win one. If people didn't see any changes in my game and didn't think I was taking more chances than in the past, I don't really agree."

Murray also revealed he had been working on his serve, increasing his first-serve percentage as well as the impact of his second serve, but insisted he was happy with the progress he had made since Melbourne.

"I'm always going to have slight weaknesses that aren't perfect, but I'll try my best to get them there. In terms of like the rest of my game, my return game is maybe the best in the world. I'm still trying to get better on that. I make very few mistakes."

Murray came under fire after his second-round defeat to Janko Tipsarevic in Dubai after he admitted he had tried things in that match that he would not have done in a Grand Slam event.

"I was trying some things out and it was a good learning experience for me," Murray said in his post-match press conference. "It's not the end of the world. If it had been a slam, my tactics and game style would have been a bit different."

"People are telling me every single day I need to serve and volley more and be more aggressive, and I do it in a match and then point it out in a press conference afterward, and then I'm the one getting slammed for supposedly not taking the tournament seriously."

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