Murray to make most of time off

Last updated at 11:23 26 February 2007


Andy Murray is looking forward to some time off this week before attempting to

build on the best run of his career.

The 19-year-old Scot was beaten 6-3 7-6 (7-4) by Andy Roddick in the

semi-final of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championship in Memphis on Saturday.

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The American world number four avenged last week's semi-final loss in San Jose

- Murray went on to win that event.

The run to the final represented Murray's best run of results - eight

successive wins - and he remains reflective ahead of his week off.

"I didn't play my best and certainly didn't take my chances, but it was a

good run," he told his website, andymurray.com.

"I wish it could have gone a couple of matches better but I'm looking forward

to getting a break and working on my fitness and my game.

"I still feel like I can play way better."

The world number 13 added said: "I wasn't frustrated. The two things that are

important to do against Roddick, I didn't really do.

"I didn't serve particularly well and didn't return well. They're two things

I'd been doing pretty well all week and the last few times I have played against

him.

"I didn't play a great match. I had my chance at 5-3 to win the (second) set

and played a horrible game to get broken.

"In the tie-break, I missed one bad shot at 4-3, a forehand that hit the

tape, and he came up with some big shots and big serves and deserved to win."

He added: "I felt like I pretty much gave the first set away. I lost a few of

his service games to love.

"In the second set I obviously started returning better, giving myself a

chance of winning the set and didn't take it."

Roddick was determined not to lose again to Murray so soon after the San Jose

loss.

He said: "You don't want to go out of tournaments two weeks in a row to the

same guy. That's not much fun."

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