The future is very bright for Andy Murray.

 

Andy Murray has had a superb 2016, and it’s been the most consistent season of his career to date. Murray made the final of both the Australian and French Open, as well as winning the Rome Masters. June 12th is the date where the Scot arguably made the best choice of his career in rehiring Ivan Lendl as coach, and a month on it’s been a very successful reunion after winning the Queen’s Club Championship and Wimbledon.

Over the two weeks at Wimbledon, Murray won every match in straight sets apart from the quarter final match against Jo Wilfred-Tsonga which he won in five, and that is something that hampered him in the other Grand Slams this year. In the French Open, he was taken to five sets in his opening two matches and this played a huge part is his defeat to Novak Djokovic in the final.

In The Australian Open, Murray dropped three sets in the quarter final and semi final, compared to Djokovic who only dropped one. Djokovic spent far less time on court in both Grand Slams which gave him a huge advantage when it came to beating Murray in both finals.

Working with Lendl has really improved Murray’s game; he’s now far more aggressive on court and this allowed Andy to get through to the Wimbledon final and only drop two sets along the way. Djokokic going out early was definitely a bonus for Murray; but the form he was on I really think he’d have beaten Novak in the final.

Murray said after the Wimbledon final that the best is yet to come and I would definitely agree. He and Djokovic are well ahead of the nearest rivals, and I don’t see that changing in the next few years, therefore Murray has the opportunity to win several more Grand Slams. Murray has now made the finals of all four Grand Slam events which shows how good he is on every surface, but unfortunately Djokovic has defeated him in a lot of those matches, but under the stewardship of Lendl this can change.

Ivan led Murray to two Grand Slam victories the first time they worked together and on both occasions he defeated Djokovic in the final. Ivan Lendl has won eight Grand Slams, and that experience has really helped Murray both on and off the court. Over the years Murray has quite often imploded during in matches, but with Lendl in his box this doesn’t seem to happen.

Murray seems to be in a great place both on and off court, and if he can carry on the form he showed during the two weeks at Wimbledon he has the game to beat Djokovic, and could definitely win another four or five Grand Slams and establish himself as one of the greatest of all time.

One of his next aims will be to overtake Djokovic as world number one, and a very good end to the year could see Murray do this. With the Olympics coming up, the two time Wimbledon champion will be hoping win another Gold medal in the singles, as well as the doubles with his brother Jamie. Mr Murray always seems to raise his game when representing Great Britain so there’s no reason why he can’t win two Gold medals at the Rio Olympics.