Murray hires Dick to work on his fitness:: Telegraph

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I'll have to turn Andy Murray over to the pro tennis writers soon enough, but for the rest of the year, I'm going to watch his progress very closely, including Davis Cup next weekend.

The story that won't go away--Murray's fitness--will be a cause celebre with the British press for a long time, demonstrating, once again, how important he (and tennis) is in the sports landscape of Great Britain. I know from my own experience that the coverage of the junior tournament at the U.S. Open was miniscule compared to last year, when Murray had all the British press, still in attendance because Henman was in the semis, pursuing him for stories from the quarterfinals on. This year, Ryan Sweeting barely had four writers at his Finals press conference.

I wouldn't presume to comment on Murray's fitness, since I haven't seen him play in person since last year's Open, but there's no question that best-of-five is a different animal, and if he wants to make news for the right reasons in Australia, he had better have taken control of the issue.