Amelie Mauresmo set to stay after Andy Murray reassures his backroom team

 
Work in progress: Andy Murray and Amelie Mauresmo will stay together
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Chris Jones7 July 2014

Andy Murray is expected to confirm Amelie Mauresmo as his new long-term head coach this week after placating discontent within his backroom team following his Wimbledon exit.

Mauresmo was appointed on a trial basis at the start of the grass-court season and speculation about the coaching set-up has rumbled on since Murray’s very public meltdown during his defeat to Grigor Dimitrov last week.

However, Standard Sport understands an announcement that Mauresmo will continue with Murray is imminent and follows discussions with two key members of Team Murray who felt their positions were compromised by her arrival.

One of them is Dani Vallverdu, who has been with Murray since 2010 during which time his friend has had three head coaches — Alex Corretja, Ivan Lendl and now Mauresmo. The Venezuelan is much more than just a hitting partner and scout of future opponents and this has been made clear to him.

Those close to Murray insist Vallverdu is not considering his position and will remain a key member of the group.

Team Murray are completed by fitness experts Jez Green and Matt Little along with physiotherapist Mark Bender, who joined last year. It is understood Green has also expressed concerns about the direction Team Murray are taking and wanted matters clarified. This has now happened and Green remains committed to helping the British No1.

Murray will go to Florida next weekend for a key training period before heading to Toronto and Cincinnati for the Masters events that lead into the US Open.

He wants to improve his fitness and aspects of his game in Florida, most notably his second serve which has become a problem again. Lendl helped Murray shore up that second serve and insisted that he was more aggressive in matches, which led to the 2012 US Open triumph and last year’s Wimbledon title.

It was clear in his quarter-final straight-sets loss to Dimitrov that Murray was too passive as he allowed the Bulgarian to take the initiative from the start. The Scot’s frustration mounted, leading to his outburst.

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