Andy Murray content with career as two-time winner targets deep Wimbledon run
“You can’t always be comparing yourself to other people”
ndy Murray has set his sights on a run into the second week of Wimbledon but admitted he was content in his career if he never wins another major title.
Murray won his second Challenger title of the season at the Surbiton Trophy on Sunday before turning his attention to Nottingham where he enjoyed an opening-round 6-3, 6-4 victory over Joris De Loore.
He is looking for strong runs in both Nottingham and then Queen’s next week in a bid to be seeded for Wimbledon where he believe he has a shot at a long run.
“I want to go as deep as possible here to try to get close to a seed for Wimbledon,” he said. “That’s my goal so hopefully I can get a bit closer. The courts here are similar to how Wimbledon plays in the second week so hopefully I can get to the second week of that.
“The main thing is to get as many matches played in different conditions against different types of opponents. He was a really big server but I made it through.”
Murray opted to skip the French Open in a bid to focus on the grass and a potentially lengthy run at Wimbledon, which he won in 2013 and 2016.
He said after his win at Surbiton and Novak Djokovic’s 23rd grand slam title in Paris, that his wife Kim had sent him a message of congratulations, which acted as a massive boost.
He revealed on Tuesday, “She said, ‘I’m just watching Novak on the news, seeing that he won in Paris and I’m so proud that you’re still grinding it out in Challengers and still working as hard as you know you ever have done’. That means a lot to me.
“You can’t always be comparing yourself to other people, and people that are more successful than you. I probably learned that more as I got older.
“So, whether I win another grand slam or winning Challengers is the peak for me now, I’m okay with that because I’m doing what I love to do.”