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For an insight into the player who blocks hiszyhaa911 Authentic Eagles Jerseys way to a fifth grand slam final, Andy Murray need do no more than turn to his coach, Ivan Lendl, who knows Tomas Berdych probably as well as he knows the Scot."I know the guy who is responsible for the success of Czech tennis [Miroslav Cernosek], who manages him," Lendl says before heading for the practice courts with Murray ahead of Saturday's semi-final at Flushing Meadows.
"I go to their centre in Projektov in the Official Eagles JerseysCzech Republic. They have courts, fitness, massages, rehab and I love being there, so I've followed him for quite a bit now – and he's getting better. I talk to him in the locker room, Andy played him in Monte Carlo."He lost that match, and three others in six meetings with the moody, brittle and sometimes brilliant Berdych. That was on clay – as was Murray's defeat to him in Paris. On hard courts, it is a slightly different story, but no less of a mountain, as Murray acknowledges.
Lendl will not allow him to either ramp Michael Vick Jerseysthis match up beyond its significance or ignore its dangers. "It's a semi-final," he said. "We didn't come here for semi-finals."What is intriguing about the relationship between Murray and Lendl is how they respect each other's space, maintaining the delicate balance between employee and employer, the player who is yet to fulfil his potential and the coach who won eight grand slam titles. It says much about their canniness that, in the 10 months they have been together they have not had a single significant argument, and that is not always the case in tennis.
Lendl's relationship with the media – never a Desean Jackson Jerseyslove affair when he was a player – is another matter; his priority is Murray and, if that means inconveniencing a few journalists, or failing to deliver on their expectations, he is not particularly bothered. "If you want to get along with me," he said at the start of the tournament, "don't ask me questions that make headlines. I'm not interested in headlines."For instance, he is quick to put Murray's win over Roger Federer in the Olympics in perspective, because he suspects some commentators underestimate the significance of the achievement.
"Put it this way: outside of Wimbledon, because he Nnamdi Asomugha Jerseysis British, if you gave me a choice, should we win Olympics or the French, US or Australian Opens, I would have said Olympics without thinking."I don't think you guys have seen the full significance of the Olympics. They may not be as established in the tennis public's mind [as the majors] but I think this will change very quickly now that Andy and Rafa [Nadal] have won the last two. Before it was a bit different, maybe because the top guys didn't win, but you get a top guy winning in Rio and it will be right up there with everything else."