Andy Murray tells BBC Scotland that he has been working with sports psychologist Alexis Castorri since the start of the season. Murray’s coach, Ivan Lendl, recommended Castorri, whom he also worked with.
“I spoke about things away from the court that may affect you and stop you from being fully focused on tennis,” Murray said. “A lot of athletes use sports psychologists. I had in the past and it hadn’t worked particularly well for me. It’s something when I spoke to Ivan [about] at the beginning of the year, he’d travelled with a sports psychologist throughout his career. He asked if I was open to trying it and I said ‘yes.’ It’s always good to try things and see how it works out. It’s been more about things away from the court. That was refreshing because when I’d spoken to psychologists in the past I'd only spoken about tennis. And there’s a lot more that goes into your life, and an athlete, than just what goes on on the court.”