![]() ![]() Serena Williams' also crashed out of the Miami open as her bid for a ninth title came to a shock end when the world number one was beaten in the fourth round by Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova on Monday. I took my opportunities, my break point percentage was high and that gave me a pretty comfortable advantage." "I have been working a lot, my main goal was to leave myself on the court and that is what I did. Physically I felt fine and so it is on to the next one. "That didn't discourage me but I felt I was striking the ball well and I thought I would get a chance and I saw that opportunity and I was on top of my game when it came. "Coming into the third set I knew Andy was going to run down every shot and he was up a break," he said Trailing 3-1 in the final set Dimitrov could easily have crumbled and allowed Murray through, but the Bulgarian was confident he would turn his fortunes around. Kim Murray watches her husband Andy but coach Amelie Mauresmo sat elsewhere (Image: 2016 Getty Images) While Murray has regularly complained of the tough conditions in California, Miami is a home away from home as the Crandon Park complex serves as his training base for three months of the year and he has won the title there twice - in 20.Īfter Murray won the first set on a tie-break, Dimitrov hit back by winning the first four games of the second set - a sequence which led to Murray getting violent with his racket. He lost to Federico Delbonis at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells a fortnight ago and he has won just two ATP World Tour matches since the final of the Australian Open in January. The defeat, in which Dimitrov showed the sort of form which propelled him into the top 10 of the world rankings in 2014, brought to an end a difficult American hard-court part of the season for Murray, who is still facing the challenges of life as a new parent. I don't think that is the reason for me hitting 50 unforced errors in this match." "It's one of those things that when I win no one says anything about it, and then when I lose that's an excuse. We had dinner with all our families last night, so we certainly haven't fallen out. "If I'd had a falling out then Amelie wouldn't be here at the tournament. ![]() ![]() Andy Murray with his coach Amelie Mauresmo at the Australian Open in January (Image: Reuters) ![]()
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