Murray: One match at a time

Andy Murray says he is happy with his form heading into the opening week of Wimbledon – but is refusing to get carried away and will take the tournament one match at a time. The British No 1 is seeking a second title at the All England Club and the in-form Scot has a Tuesday start against Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin.
It would seem as though Murray is at the peak of his career, with three titles and 41 wins from 47 matches for the year so far demonstrating why many are tipping him to repeat his 2013 Wimbledon triumph.
Only Novak Djokovic has a better overall record on tour in 2015, and the Serbian could await Murray in the final on July 12.
"I think in any sport, winning gives you confidence," Murray said.
"This year I've won a lot of matches - more than I ever have in my career to this point in a season. It's been a good start this year. I hope I can keep it up."
However, 10 years on from his Wimbledon debut, Murray will not allow himself to be caught up in the frenzy of expectation which surrounds his presence at SW19.
A run to the French Open semi-finals, the first two clay-court titles of his career, and another on grass at Queen's Club this month, suggest all is well in the Murray camp.
But even with his recent playing record, the 28-year-old knows to start thinking about another Wimbledon final would be dangerous.
He cited Stan Wawrinka's unforeseen Roland Garros triumph over Djokovic when noting the unpredictability of Grand Slam tournaments.
"It's very easy to get carried away and look ahead, and think, I'm playing great tennis, everything's going to be fine," Murray said.
"But the reality is it doesn't really matter what's happened the rest of the year or in the build-up to the event as I think Stan proved at the French Open.
"You have to make sure you're ready each day for every opponent that you come up against.
"I'm certainly not getting carried away. I know how difficult these events are to win. I just concentrate on the first match and try my best to get through that one."
Murray has been working with a sports psychiatrist, just like Britain's Olympic cyclists and snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan have done to great effect, and surrounded himself with a team he trusts implicitly.
He concedes to having found his recovery from back surgery arduous, and it was obvious as he exited Wimbledon at the quarter-final stage last year, beaten comprehensively by Grigor Dimitrov, that all was not right.
"The first sort of nine months really of last year were very, very difficult and I wasn't enjoying it so much," he said.
Now he has to cope with the transition off the match court, that will see Jonas Bjorkman take over from Amelie Mauresmo as Murray's principal coach. The Frenchwoman, who has proven an inspired choice as coach, is heading off after Wimbledon to have her first child.
Bjorkman loved Wimbledon as a player, winning three doubles titles and reaching the singles semi-finals in 2006 as a 34-year-old – losing to Roger Federer in the last four.
Murray, who practised with Australian teenager Thanasi Kokkinakis on Sunday, quashed the suggestion he may have appointed the Swede for his grass-court expertise.
But he considered where Bjorkman excelled and believes he will nurture a new attacking dimension.
"When I approached Jonas, I knew him extremely well," Murray said. "Some of the things I wanted to work on in my game I felt like he could help me with because of his experience and playing that way, trying to come forward more, being aggressive on the returns. He was extremely good at that.
"That was really the reason to start working with him."