14/06/2012 12:09 CEST - Rassegna internazionale

Murray: "Niente paura, mi rifarò a Wimbledon"

Given that this was a day he will not wish to remember, Andy Murray  was remarkably sanguine following his exit from the AEGON Championships.

A title from last year lost, Wimbledon preparations all askew and under criticism for hamming up injuries from German veteran Tommy Haas, still the British  No 1 drew on his best Corporal Jones to warn against panic.
It helps that his second-round 6-3, 6-7, 7-6 loss to Frenchman Nicolas Mahut was the stuff of ambush, a predictably nasty early draw against a highly accomplished grass court player who showed why he has been as far as the final of this event before.

And Murray reflected that he has faced worse scenarios, including Haas suggesting he hams things up when feeling stiff or sore.

'I've been called many things, from my personality not being exciting enough, being called boring,' said the Scot.
'It was said I was unfit, lazy, faked injuries, all sorts. It's something that goes hand in hand with playing sport. People criticise you regularly. It's something you need to deal with. I don't care about his opinion.'

He will doubtless pay more heed to the debrief with coach Ivan Lendl, who had his best poker face on as Murray failed to put away a man whose elegant all court game is tailor made for the turf.

his was by no means a shocking performance from Lendl's  client but an area of concern is bound to be that Murray again struggled - or failed - to consolidate breaks of serve.

Another will be that he played too deep behind the baseline and looked surprised or offended that the lush new grass court at Queen's was at its slippiest in those areas.

Crucially, the 25-year-old failed to back up the break he achieved at the start of the deciding set, echoing his frequent failure to press home an advantage against David Ferrer in the quarter-final of the French Open.
'In the match against Ferrer it happened way too often,' he admitted. 'I need to watch this match and see if there's something I'm doing wrong. In the match against Ferrer it happened too much for it just to be his good play every time.

'It's easy to over-analyse. This was a close match, it wasn't like I got blown away and played  horribly. I need a few more days to get my movement right and then I'll play better.'