Murray determined to regain killer touch

Andy Murray will focus all his energies on winning the final point in his matches at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London this week after developing an unwelcome habit since becoming a grand slam champion in New York two months ago.

The Scot has played in three tournaments since winning the US Open, in Tokyo, Shanghai and Paris, and in all of them he has held match points in clashes he went on to lose. This run has also come after Murray talked about how confident he normally feels in finishing off matches.

The 25-year-old said: "I did say in Shanghai when you speak about things like that it's bound to go against you. I'm aware how hard it is to finish matches off. It's not an easy thing to do."

He added: "In Shanghai I didn't just play against Novak (Djokovic), I played three matches previously. I've played hundreds and hundreds of matches on tour and sometimes it's going to go your way, sometimes it's not.

"I don't feel in the match with Novak I did too much wrong. I was disappointed with last week, I didn't feel like I focused as hard as I needed to when I was serving for the match.

"That's something this week I'll make sure I play one point at a time, take my time and fight for every single point. I need to try to do a better job of that."