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Andy Murray today revealed the reasons behind his decision to sack coach Miles Maclagen and look for a new man to help him win a first Grand Slam title and reach No1 in the world.
Maclagen's nearly three-year stint with Murray ended this week but the world No4 will keep working - on an ad-hoc basis - with Alex Corretja, the former Spanish star whose ideas conflicted with Maclagen and led to the split.
The three men could not find enough common ground to keep Team Murray together.
Murray, who is taking part in the LA tournament this week, said: “It wasn't necessarily something that Miles wasn't bringing. We had a chat when we were in Miami last week about how he saw things, the way the current structure was working with Miles and Alex together. We all saw things pretty differently.
“It was obviously a hard decision and one that wasn't the nicest thing to have to take. But, it wasn't that tough to make up my mind because we were quite far apart in what we thought. There were different ways of seeing things; what I felt was beneficial to me and what Miles and Alex felt was beneficial to me.
“The last few years have gone very, very well but I want to look to improve and become better, try and get to No. 1 in the world, try and win Grand Slams. I need to be comfortable in the set up that I have and the structure. I must have 100 percent confidence that everyone that's working with me believes it's the right thing to do.
“There's always going to be disputes. I think two and a half years is quite a long relationship on the tour. I obviously was working with both Miles and Alex for that time, as well. So I don't think it would change the way that I view that sort of structure. If you have the right people in place, they can work together.
“I don't think there's a problem with my game. I just need to get better. That's something that maybe hasn't happened the last four or five months, something that hopefully by getting a new coach and a new sort of coaching team in place, that will help me do that, and hopefully achieve my goals.It has been a difficult year.”
