Murray so glad he stuck to his guns
Andy happier with his attacking display in Edmund win
ANDY MURRAY believes the manner of his victory over Kyle Edmund at the Citi Open in Washington was just as important as the result. The former world No.1 triumphed 7-6 (7/4) 1-6 6-4 in the battle of the Brits to clinch the biggest win of his comeback from hip surgery. Murray, now 832nd in the rankings, was facing the man who replaced him as British No.1 and gained a measure of BY revenge for his straight-sets defeat to Edmund at Eastbourne in June.
It was another testing occasion for the Scot, who was taken to a decider for a second time this week having edged out Mackenzie McDonald in the first round.
But the 31-year-old was particularly encouraged by a more attacking display against Edmund.
He said: “It was much better, just in terms of the way I actually played the match. “I spoke at good length with my coach about it. In this match, regardless of the result, we wanted to dictate more points, trying to use my forehand and be closer to the baseline.
“I think I did that, especially in some of the important moments in the third set, and I was being more offensive.
“I was a lot happier with the way that I approached the match.”
Murray faced Marius Copil overnight after the Romanian knocked out Jeremy Chardy 6-4 6-4.
Edmund said: “I gave my best of what I had on the day today. It just didn’t work out.
“It would have been nice to hold serve and maybe even control what I can and take (the third set) to a tie-break but it didn’t happen.”