Andy Murray, January 2006: "You guys [the media] are expecting me to win matches like this. You don't think there's any pressure on me? If you guys don't think you're putting pressure on me then that's fine."
Andy Murray, January 2009: "I understand how sport works. You cannot always play your best and sometimes the other guy plays too well. There are upsets every week in sport."
Andy Murray has grown up before our eyes in the past three years. He amazes us with his skill, he surprises us with many of his victories, but tennis players lose matches - it's the nature of the sport - and Murray has just lost a bad one.
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Greg Rusedski, who wants to come out of his two-year retirement, may swiftly revise his plans if he keeps getting knocked back.
He's been considering a comeback for a while, primarily with the motivation of playing Davis Cup for Great Britain again, and for the past week he's been badgering team captain John Lloyd.
With Britain so short of obvious contenders to join Andy Murray in the team, he was desperate to return for the Euro-Africa Zone Group One tie against Ukraine on 6 March.
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If you ask the British bookies who they make favourite to win the Australian Open the answer would be Andy Murray.
"It's surprising to hear," says an amused Roger Federer, clearly fancying his own chances with his 13 Grand Slam titles.
Which brings us to Murray. Who does he consider favourite?
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