London - After managing to raise the roof at Wimbledon with
his five-set thriller win over Swiss Stan Wawrinka, Andy Murray had a
late lie-in Tuesday before starting his quest to prepare for a
quarter-final date with veteran Juan Carlos Ferrero.
'I'll sleep late, I'll practice around 2 pm,' said the Scot after
his adventure which marked the latest Wimbledon match finish ever at
22:40 pm London time, thanks to the newly installed lights under the
moveable translucent roof.
'I'll go have an ice bath, massage, see the physio for an hour and
a half and make sure I eat three or four very big meals, get as much
food in me as possible, and that should be enough.'
Murray thrilled his 15,000 strong public with the win in four
hours; he and Wawrinka are frequent practice partners.
'It took a while to get used to,' Murray said of the unfamiliar
sensation on playing on indoor grass at night. 'I played some great
stuff and Stan played some great tennis as well.
'I felt it was harder was to serve. I didn't think that the ball
was coming off the strings that quickly on the serve because of the
humidity and it slowed the ball down.'
'Now I know how I'll have to change my game if I do play under the
roof, and I'll know the way that the court plays. In my opinion,
there's quite a big difference.'
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NOTEBOOK: Hewitt counting on help from his friends the Fanatics =
London (dpa) - Lleyton Hewitt's secret weapon, the Aussie cheering
group the Fanatics, have already joined the Wimbledon queue to make
sure they are in the stands supporting their man for Wednesday's
Wimbledon quarter-final against Andy Roddick.
Hewitt has contact with a few of the impromptu group's key
organizers, but the days of getting free tickets all around are long
gone.
'Obviously a lot of them are expats living in London that have
sort of joined in with a couple of the regulars,' Hewitt explained.
'They've been camped out, I think they're already starting to camp
out tonight for Wednesday.'
The guys - and some girls - are a regular feature of Australian
Davis Cup matches around the globe and come out in force at the Grand
Slams with their coordinated cheers, painted faces and green-and-gold
shirts.
'They've been great, they've been fantastic,' said the one-time
number 1. 'I draw a lot of emotion and energy from those guys out
there.'
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