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Former British No. 1 Tim Henman has backed Andy Murray's decision not to rush into finding a new coach.

Murray reached the semi-finals at the ATP World Tour Finals last week, but has been without a full-time trainer since parting company with Miles Maclagan in July. Murray has since hinted that he may not appoint a coach ahead of the new season.

And Henman believes Murray should only hire a full-time coach if he is fully committed to the decision.

"If Andy doesn't want a coach, he shouldn't get one," Henman said. "Whatever his decision, he has to commit to it. If he hires a coach, he needs to have a direction and a vision, and they both have to be on the same wavelength.

"There's no point in employing a coach if he's not going to listen to him. There's no point hiring a coach for the sake of it, so he has to really want one."

Henman reached a career high of No. 4 in the world rankings, but never got his hands on an elusive grand slam title. Murray remains without a major victory, but Henman believes it will not take much for the Scot to step up his game.

"Andy's game style is the issue because he's got all the shots," Henman said. "When he's been successful in the tournaments he won this year - in Shanghai and Toronto and his performance to get to the final in Australia - he's been pro-active, making things happen.

"He knows when he plays Rafael Nadal he has to be aggressive because Nadal's just going to be hitting him off the court so he plays aggressively and they've had great matches. I'd like to see him do that against the lesser players because then it will become second nature when he has to step up against other top names like Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic.

"He appreciates that and he's improving as a player so fingers crossed he can take that into 2011 and win a grand slam title."

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