Agassi predicts slams for Murray
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Eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi believes Andy Murray will win multiple majors.The 22-year-old British number one is the only player in the world’s top five not to have won a Grand Slam. But following Murray’s victory at the Valencia Open, Agassi said: “He has a self-inflicting tortured spirit about him when he’s on the court. “The last 18 months he’s learned how to use it. He needs to stay with it.” Murray’s victory in Valencia, courtesy of a 6-3 6-2 win over Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny, was his sixth title of the season. However, his failure to win one of the four major titles of the year will have been a big disappointment, especially as he was one of the favourites to triumph at the Australian and US Opens, exiting in the fourth round at both. His best Grand Slam finish to date is as a losing finalist to Roger Federer in the 2008 US Open, while he reached the semi-final of Wimbledon this year. “I think he’ll win multiple Grand Slams,” said Agassi. “It’s been my prediction for a while.
“This year was disappointing for him. I know he was on the verge in a couple of grand slams with the hopes of doing it. He just needs to stay with it. “He’s proved that he’s a strong person. My advice? To keep getting better. Every day’s an opportunity to get one day better. “He shouldn’t get hung up on results. Results are a by-product of your commitment and work ethic and not cutting a corner.” Meanwhile, Agassi believed tennis should be proud of its anti-doping progress and said drug testing was now watertight. The 39-year-old shocked the tennis world with recent revelations that he failed a test for crystal methamphetamine in 1997 and lied to escape suspension. In his new autobiography, the eight-time Grand Slam champion admitted he lied to tennis authorities about his use of crystal meth, claiming he had taken the banned drug accidentally. His explanation was accepted and he escaped punishment at the time, but Agassi now believes drug cheats would get caught. He said: “(In 1997) we were at the infancy of drug testing. It’s a very sophisticated approach now.
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