Andy Murray won’t overreact after Queen’s loss – ‘There are a lot of positive signs’

Andy Murray is seeing his glass as half full despite his early exit from the Queen’s Club Championship, insisting he won’t overanalyse his defeat to “good player” Alex de Minaur.

Following back-to-back titles at the ATP Challenger Tour events in Surbiton and Nottingham, Murray was high on confidence ahead of the ATP 500 tournament as he was looking to extend his 10-match winning streak.

A seeding position at Wimbledon was also on the line for the former world No 1 as had climbed to No 38 in the ATP Rankings following his recent good form and a couple of wins at Queen’s would have seen him move into the top 32.

However, his hopes went up in smoke on Tuesday as he suffered a 6-3, 6-1 drubbing at the hands of world No 18 De Minaur.

Instead of being downbeat about the result, the three-time Grand Slam winner took the positives from the past few weeks.

“I don’t want to overanalyse,” Murray said. “It’s easy to overreact. I lost to a good player.

“It’s obviously not the same level of opponents, but I won Nottingham last week without dropping a set. I only lost one set in Surbiton.

“I was holding serve very comfortably, moving well, hitting the ball good. There are a lot of positive signs there.”

He never got going against De Minaur as he was broken in games five and nine of the opening set and games four and six of the second set in a match that failed to even reach the 90-minute mark.

However, the early defeat at the ATP 500 tournament means Murray will now have extra time to recover and do some fine-tuning to his game with Wimbledon starting on July 3.

And his serve and movement are two crucial aspects that he will work on over the next week and a bit.

“Just recharge a little bit, and then go to work on my game,” the 36-year-old said. “Today [there are] definitely some things I can do better, but at the same time, I have done lots of good things over the last couple of weeks as well. I want to keep going in that direction.

“Keep serving well, keep working on my movement. That was something we spent a lot of time working on before Surbiton and Nottingham, and it’s really crucial for me that I’m moving well. So [I will] definitely spend a lot of time working on that.”

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