Andy Murray

It seems that Britain’s number one tennis players career for the time being seems to have ground to a halt.

When Murray broke through as an exciting 18 year old in 2005 the nation needed somebody to represent British tennis, especially as Tim Henman was in the twilight of his own career. Murray seemed like the ideal replacement, promising on the court, shy and soft spoken off the court.

However since then Murray has not really climbed the heights expected of him, and didn’t endear himself to all of the British public with his comments about the English football team.

In 2005 Murray was making progress, reaching the second round of the U.S. Open and the third round of Wimbledon, however three years on it 2008 it seems Murray has not made the progress he would have like it the major tournaments, and the hype has inevitably died down.

This criticism of Murray may seem harsh, but if you compare his progress to that of Novak Djokovic, of around the same age, it seems that he hasn’t reached the heights his potential should allow.

Murray has only won four ATP Tour titles and hasn’t made much of an impression on any of the Grand Slams in three years, compare this to Djokovic, who broke on to the scene a little later than Murray and he is just celebrating his first Grand Slam, defeating Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, Murray’s victor, in the Australian Open final. He was also runner-up in the US open.

In order to reach the same adoration that Henman received, Murray must do something that Henman was so good at, come out fighting.