• Wimbledon

Murray not weighed down by pressure

ESPN staff
June 29, 2010
Andy Murray covered the court superbly in beating Sam Querrey © Getty Images
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Andy Murray is not fazed by the prospect of a media frenzy as he heads into a Wimbledon quarter-final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Murray is the only player remaining in the men's draw who has not lost a set and the British No. 1 was hugely impressive in his 7-5 6-3 6-4 demolition of Sam Querrey on Monday.

With England crashing out of the World Cup, more attention will be on Murray but he is not fazed by the prospect of a media scrum at SW19.

He said: "The build-up was a lot quieter, there were less journalists around, less photographers. But that was it. Once the tournament starts, I don't really pay any attention to the press and what's going on because it's just not worth it. It can only be a distraction. So it's better just to stay away from it."

The Scot's serve has been viewed as a weak link, especially his second serve, but there has been more zip to his play at Wimbledon and that has rubbed off on his serve.

"My second serve is probably seven or eight miles an hour quicker now," Murray said. "I served a few aces on my second serve towards the end of the match.

"Obviously I'm going to need to serve better if I want to win the tournament but the stats in all of the matches so far have been good. That one in particular, it shows how well I was hitting the ball from the back of the court because normally on the second serve he's going to put the ball back in, there's going to be a lot of rallies. I won a lot of long rallies."

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