My Body Failed Me – Murray

Andy Murrary said his
body let him down as he suffered with cramp in his opening match against Robin Haase at the US Open.
The Briton won 6-3 7-6 (8-6) 1-6 7-5 after three hours and eight minutes on a hot afternoon in New York.
However, he struggled physically from the start of the third set and was in danger of a shock first-round exit inside Louis Armstrong Stadium.
After two sets of tennis that were far from perfect, but good enough for the occasion, Murray’s body in his own words failed him.
The cause of the cramp remains a mystery, although Murray says he may consult a nutritionist before the second round.
He does not think nervous tension was an issue, and believes he has not been in such good shape since last year’s Wimbledon.
He showed enormous courage to win in four sets, but won’t have struck fear into the hearts of title rivals.
“I was in s good position, and then my body failed me,” Murray told Tidesports source.
“I paincked, because you don’t know what to do. I got broken  at the beginning of that third set, and you think: ‘what do I do? Do I try to conserve energy or do I try to finish it in three sets?’
“I don’t really know how I managed to get through”.
Murrary, 27, said he felt cramping in several parts of his body and he was unable to serve at much over a tame 100mph in the third and fourth sets.
“It’s not the worst I have ever felt necessarily, but it’s the worse I have sever felt after an hour and a half of a tennis match,” he added.
“That’s what was worrying about it, is it came after such a short time.
“I’ve played four-and-a-half, five-hour matches and felt pretty awful afterwards, but not after an hour and a half.”