| Andrew Murray Vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber Live | | | | 7-6 (12-10). |
| Streaming | | | | Brief But Murray reckons the build-up to the Aussie |
| | | | Open couldn't have been any better. |
| ANDY MURRAY reckons the female touch is turning | | | | His opening match may have been brief against the |
| him into a man possessed just in time for the first | | | | world's 133rd-ranked player but with at least two |
| Grand Slam of the year. | | | | singles matches left to play in the round-robin |
| Murray partnered teenager Laura Robson in the | | | | tournament, Murray was delighted to ease back into |
| Hopman Cup yesterday to help Britain beat | | | | competition. |
| Kazakhstan 2-1 in their opening tie Down Under. | | | | He said: "I only arrived two days ago and it was 40 |
| It was a rare mixed doubles outing for the Scot but he | | | | degrees which was a big shock. This time yesterday I |
| insists it's given him all the aggression he will need at | | | | was sleeping as well so it's about getting over all that |
| the net ahead of the Australian Open in two weeks' | | | | right now. |
| time. | | | | "But it was perfect. That's why they get a good field |
| Murray is often accused of not rampaging forward | | | | here every year. I played four sets today, I'm |
| enough but he battered that claim out of court in Perth. | | | | guaranteed at least four sets every day we play the |
| The 22-year-old said: "With the mixed you have to | | | | matches. |
| play, as the guy, a little more aggressively at the net | | | | "I got to spend two hours 45 minutes playing |
| and take a few more chances. | | | | competitive tennis. |
| "That's good for your movement and gives you some | | | | "It was a good way to start the year. I started the |
| confidence on the volleys if you make some big ones. | | | | match well and went up a break early and got more |
| It all helps my preparation." | | | | confident as the match went on. |
| Murray, who had breezed through his singles match | | | | "There were some good points, some long rallies and I |
| with Andrey Golubev 6-2 in just 61 minutes after | | | | served quite well pretty much right throughout the |
| Robson had dropped her opener to Yaroslava | | | | match. I have worked on that a lot over the past few |
| Shvedova, was made to work a whole lot harder in | | | | weeks." |
| the mixed doubles. | | | | Murray and Robson next face the German pairing of |
| In fact, he and Robson had to stave off a match point | | | | Sabine Lisicki and Philipp Kohlschreiber tomorrow. |
| before securing the tie in a third-set tie-break 6-2 5-7 | | | | |