Sky Sports’ tennis expert Barry Cowan has urged British number one Andy Murray to maintain composure in pressure matches if he wants to carve out a long Grand Slam winning career in the future.

Cowan’s comments come in the wake of Murray’s latest defeat to Novak Djokovic in the final of the Australian Open in Melbourne. The Scot appeared to be firmly in control of things after breaking the Serbian’s serve and racing away to a 2-0 lead in the third set but he let the distraction of his opponent’s injury break get the better of him and he succumbed to a four set loss.

Murray has been praised for finally being able to control his emotions in his recent Grand Slam successes in the US Open and Wimbledon but the Australian Open final showed that nothing much has changed for the Scot who still gets riled up when the going gets tough. Continue reading Murray must be calm, says Cowan