Focuswill letScots dodouble
KYLE COETZER insists Scotland have to keep their standards high as they aim to complete the double over Zimbabwe.
The sides clash today in Edinburgh, just two days after the Scots stunned the Africans with a first victory over a Testplaying nation.
And Scots captain Coetzer said: “In the past we have struggled to keep up the momentum after a good victory.
“We have become notorious for not turning up second time around so the big aim is not to let that happen again.” ANDY MURRAY won Wimbledon and went on a bender. Four months later he triumphed again in his adopted city, winning the World Tour Finals at the O2 and ripping the coveted No.1 slot from Novak Djokovic’s grasp – but was too emotionally and physically drained to even think about repeating his wild celebrations that had followed his victory in the summer. In fact the Scot revealed the mammoth effort took such a toll he could hardly make it through a low-key dinner with his team 24 hours after his O2 win. Murray is back playing in London next week, defending his crown at Queen’s, and although his sponsor Under Armour have produced a kit that makes him looks like Superman he admits he felt anything but heroic in the days and weeks that followed getting to the top of ladder.
And the Scot admitted his poor start to the season – arrested only by reaching the semis at the French Open means losing his No.1 ranking is likely in the next few weeks.
But if that happens Murray is typically hellbent on regaining it as soon as possible. That’s when he’ll have another party.
He said: “At the end of last year at the Tour Finals I didn’t do anything because I was so tired. We went out for a team dinner the following night.
“I was exhausted. I got sick, literally. I started to feel it a little bit on the day of the Final and after I woke up the next day,
“I was so tired. I didn’t drink anything. I didn’t celebrate at all. I’ve not had loads to celebrate so far this year but hopefully in a few weeks we can have another good night.”
Starting with a shock early defeat at the Australian Open, Murray laboured with illness, injury and form before reuniting with head coach Ivan Lendl and reaching the semis in Paris.
He added: “I was in a pretty bad place before the French Open when he got there. He was like, ‘Wow, it really is not good’.
“Having his presence around helped for sure. Maybe I’m a little