ANDY: I’LL BE POSITIVE BUT I WON’T BE GIGGLING ON COURT

ANDY MURRAY will take a new positive attitude into the Australian Open – but he insisted: “I won’t be out there giggling on the court.”

The Scot, who turns 37 in May, said he was “not really enjoying” his tennis after ending last season by smashing his racket in frustration during defeat in Paris.

Murray (right) then split with coach Ivan Lendl for a third time and arrived Down Under admitting this could be his final season if injuries continue to dog him.

But before his 16th appearance at Melbourne Park, the five-time finalist here said: “I feel like I’m enjoying it better. Part of that is the mental side of it. Tennis is a difficult game in that respect. When you’re struggling, you’re out there on your own, it can be difficult.

“Also the way you’re playing. When you know you’re capable of doing more than what you are, if you’re not happy with the way you’re hitting forehands and backhands and serving and those sorts of things, there’s the technical aspect as well.

“Fixing some of those problems has helped me feel better on the court.

“Definitely some focus on the mental side, as well. Reframing the way you look at things helps.

“But I won’t be out there giggling on the court. That won’t be happening.

“It’s more about how you’re dealing with frustration and disappointment and everything when you’re playing.

“I don’t see Novak out there when he’s playing his matches laughing and joking around. I never saw that with Roger and Rafa. It’s not about that.

“It’s probably how you’re treating yourself in those moments and being a bit kinder to yourself, the people around you, lowering some of your own expectations, controlling what you can control.

“All of the players will sit in here and say exactly the same thing. It’s just not that easy to do it when you’re out there competing.

“That’s the hard part, to focus on the next shot, the next point. It’s a very easy thing to say. We all know it. But doing it is difficult.

“When I was younger, I always got frustrated on the court, but I always felt in the really important moments I was competing very well.

“Last year I was getting frustrated, I was not competing well in the important moments. That’s something that I hope to change this year.”

Murray will face No.30 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the first round on Monday.

They beat each other over three sets in two meetings last year. “I made most of my matches quite physical last year,” the Scot added. “I don’t know if that was necessarily him. But he has a game that can make the matches that way.”