bwin Sportsblog - Tennis - Warning signs there for Murray already

Sometimes the sporting world seems to take it for granted that something will happen. Back in 1984 when Jimmy White narrowly lost to Steve Davis in the World Snooker final then it was believed by everyone that Jimmy would win the title one day…..it never happened. The same or similar was said of Greg Rusedski and Tim Henman, if one didn’t win a slam then the other would or both…..it never happened. Colin Montgomerie won numerous European order of merits and was European number one for years and it was just taken for granted that he would win a major….it didn’t happen. Already there are warning signs for Andy Murray never winning a slam event after being knocked out in the 4th round of the US Open. While being 23 years of age leaves plenty of time on his side, I really don’t think that he would be able to win one at 28 years of age. Most of the major players won their first slam by the time they were 23 years of age. Murray has a habit of being defensive at the wrong times. He seems to go into his shell during the latter stages of slams and this is going to be difficult to correct. Then when he does try to correct it he then becomes reckless and doesn’t seem to find the right balance. Personally I think he has 4 years left to effectively win a slam as the longer he goes on then it will get tougher mentally. That is only 16 tournaments in my mind and if you take away the ones where he is not fit either physically or mentally then that doesn’t leave an awful lot left.