Andy Murray has done a lot of things in his young tennis career till now. He won the US Open boys title as a kid, was Great Britain’s youngest ever Davis Cup player, reached the third round of Wimbledon 2005 after being given a wild card, has won 1 ATP title already (San Jose, US beating Hewitt in the final in February 2006) and has been on the improve in his young career - his grand slam career record so far for instance.

In the loss against Nadal today in the 4th round of the Australian Open, Murray had amazing reach and showed great court presence. The serves and the reach exist for many big guys but the court presence is much rarer. Both players weren’t playing to their best and had poor return of serves and committed quite a few unforced errors. Till the middle of the fourth set, Murray was giving Nadal as good as he got and was even hitting more winners than Nadal. After that, Nadal’s fitness and experience was the difference as Nadal won the fourth and steam rolled through in the fifth (even though the games were very close).

Give it a couple of years and the Murray game could mean that he has an edge over many opponents. Murray could do a lot of damage when Wimbledon comes along even this year though I am not sure that he would have it in him to win just yet. If he carries on the way he is developing, there is no reason why Andy Murray will not be a legitimate challenger at Wimbledon for many years to come - he has the perfect game for it. He should also do quite well at other grand slams and tournaments in time as well and is definitely a top 5 material.

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