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Q: There's been a lot of focus on Andy Murray's stamina. Did you ever think it would be a major problem or was it simply a question of his continuing physical development?
Gemma Ellis, Bournemouth

Mark Petchey: I never saw it would be a major problem. People will always go back to what happened to him against David Nalbandian at Wimbledon last year but there was more to that than fitness. It was his first five-set match, it was a new situation for him and it was part of his learning experience. He is only 18 and I think people sometimes forget that.

Q: How did you both celebrate winning the tournament in San Jose?
Ben Watts, Northallerton

MP: Winning San Jose was an amazing achievement, especially as he had to beat both Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt, and it was a massive breakthrough for him. But there wasn't a lot of celebrating, to be honest. One of the toughest things about the ATP Tour is that it's relentless - he was playing in Memphis the following week, so it was straight back to work.

Q:What do you feel are the strengths and weaknesses of Andy's game?
Gerard Wilks, London W5

MP: His movement about the court is fantastic and so is his fighting spirit. I also think his tennis brain was underestimated a lot when he was coming through. He has a great understanding of where to put the ball and how to be smart in how he moves his opponents around. That's a special skill to have.

Q: Do you worry about the "Tim Henman treatment", ie disappointment at anything short of winning Wimbledon?
Cathy Blackmore, Bath

MP: I hope it's not always going to be about Wimbledon but Andy is probably always going to be judged by whether he wins a grand slam title or not, whether it's Wimbledon or the US Open or either of the others. That's a good thing in some ways because it means people believe in him but it also creates a lot of pressure.

Q: Which victory in your own career gave you most satisfaction?
Alex Haigh, Felixstowe

MP: Probably beating Michael Chang in 1994 because I won that match in Los Angeles, which was almost Chang's home town, and so made it a very special achievement. Michael Stich was world No2 when I beat him but he'd just come off a big Davis Cup weekend, so he might have been a bit tired.

Q: What will be on Andy's iPod at Wimbledon this year?
Chris Peters, London SE13

MP: Andy hasn't been using his iPod much before he goes on court lately. It got a lot of attention last year when he wore it but lately it's been sitting unused and unloved in his racket bag.

Taken from: http://sport.guardian.co.uk/tennis/story/0,,1737169,00.html

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Oh, and Mark, what are you trying to do with Andy's serve ?

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This Q&A was done by the Guardian several weeks back, unfortunately I hadn't noticed they were doing it otherwise I would have alerted the members here and we could have submitted some questions.

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i often find Q&A's a bit silly, how often is it just regurgitaing info thats already been answered in other interviews, the tough questions are probably edited out b4 hand anyway.


i dont know if anyone watches F1, but they have a Q&A b4 the races often and i think one of the questions was somthing like 'how do the drivers get to the circuit?' i mean come on???



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