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4/9/11 5:02 AM | Johan Lindahl
Andy Murray's temporary coaching solution might not be the ideal one, with the No. 4 now not allowed to use the coaching brain trust retained by clothing sponsor adidas when he faces another member of the company's player stable.
That essentially means for showdowns against Fernando Verdasco, Jurgen Melzer, Mikhail Youzhny or Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the Scot is on his own for advice. Murray admitted: "It's not the fix that I'm looking for," but knows that any help can do him some good as he struggles to escape his current on-court crisis.
Murray has been without a mentor since last summer and only a fortnight ago split with part-time Spanish advisor Alex Corretja. Now the Scot is finding out how hard it is to find someone prepared to travel up to 35 weeks per year.
The adidas programme uses noted coaches including Australian Darren Cahill and Dutchman Sven Groeneveld as advisors for all company players. Murray has reportedly been in talks with various others on for a possible full-time gig but with nothing yet to report.
"I've thought about it quite a lot. I'd like to do it as soon as possible but you need to find the right person. People think it's an easy thing to do but it's really not. There might have to be a bit of sacrifice on my part to go and train wherever the coach is, to make it a bit easier for them."
As the conversation built up a life of its own last week, former pros Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl both said they'd be wiling to work with Murray - if the price was right. But Murray was not taken in by the idle speculation. "I'm looking for someone who can come to the big events with me, who isn't restricted in terms of the weeks they can do," he told British media. "If they can't come to the French Open, for example, then for me that's quite a big negative. I'd like them to be around at the big events."
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