Has Andy Murray finally found some Form?

Andy Murray and Great Britain's Number One is beginning to show signs of formAfter several first and second round defeats on the Tennis tour Andy Murray seemed to have lost his way following the success of reaching the Australian Open final but after a decent run of wins on clay courts before losing to Rafa Nadal in the Monte Carlo semi-finals, it appears as if Murray has finally found some form.

Following his disappointing defeat in the final of the Australian Open for the second year running in January, Murray looked as though too much pressure had been piled on him. Having been defeated in straight sets Murray didn’t really seem to even challenge eventual winner Novak Djokovic with him appearing to struggle making his own performance look lethargic and lacklustre. Perhaps there was just too much expectation on Murray to finally win a major tournament but it could equally be that he is simply not ready yet, both physically and mentally.

After the crushing defeat Murray returned to the tennis tour quickly at the Rotterdam ATP 500 tournament. But despite being seeded second Murray lots in straight sets in the first round pardoning the blame on a persistent wrist injury. As a consequence of the condition his wrist was in Murray withdrew from the following tournament in Dubai but returned to play in the first Masters Series tournament of the year in Indian Wells. Murray was seeded fifth but lost in his second round match, even though the first set was close and went to a tie-break.

Murray’s inconsistent form then continued and he lost in straight sets at the Miami Open to qualifier Alex Bogomolov Jr. His dubious form could have been down to the dissatisfaction at having lost the Australian open so easily but with a stubborn wrist injury continually playing up and having parted ways with his trainer being other contributing factors it is fairly easy to see why Murray’s form had seemingly disappeared. However even with his erratic form over the beginning of the year he regained World No. 4 spot from Robin Söderling following the Miami tournament.

Despite his disappointing results he gave himself and his fans some hope that he had found the light at the end of the tunnel after playing well and reaching the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Open. The apparent return to form was further enhanced by the fact that the tournament was on clay which is deemed to be Murray’s worst surface to play on. Murray can take much from the match where he won his first ever set over Nadal on clay but there were consequences for him after he injured his elbow and it has led to him having to withdraw from upcoming events.

This sudden improvement of form bodes well for the rest of Murray’s 2011, especially on clay, but with his persistent wrist injury and the occurrence of a new elbow injury it may be too soon to hope that Murray has finally found some form.

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