For sure, that's a motivation, there have been many great players... by Andy Murray

For sure, that's a motivation, there have been many great players who have won here over the years.

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He's in good shape. He fights so hard in every single match. He's been rewarded for that with an unbelievably consistent career at the top of the game.

I played well, everything was working pretty good. I was able to finish a lot of the points up at the net.

Nice to have Amelie back in the team out in Dubai, thanks to Jonas for helping out this year. I enjoyed working with one of the nicest guys on the tour, bring on 2016.

Amelie did come in at a difficult time, when I had just come back from back surgery, which was tough, when I started working with her officially I was ranked 11 in the world -- I had just dropped out of the top 10 for the first time in eight years -- and I'm now back up to number 2, which is my highest ranking.

I had no idea about either of the warnings because you can't hear anything on the court, so I'm surprised( the umpire) could hear what I was saying.

The Murrays was The Murrays, to come back from the disappointment of losing the fourth set, we kept creating chances, we stuck together like brothers should and managed to come up with enough good returns.

He's such a fighter, and such an amazing player, I knew I had to... by Andy Murray

He's such a fighter, and such an amazing player, I knew I had to try my best and just stick with it.

We need to believe, which is not always easy, obviously, I had quite a few opportunities, I think I was one for seven on breakpoints (in the first set).

To be honest, I believe Nick Kyrgios likes playing on big stages. I would expect Nick Kyrgios to be ready for The Shanghai match. Nick Kyrgios gets fired up for big matches, every match is a new match. Nick Kyrgios's Nick Kyrgios.

Nick Kyrgios's Nick Kyrgios, nick Kyrgios made a mistake. All the guys here when they were 19 or 20 made mistakes. Nick Kyrgios was seen by millions. It's unfortunate it happened. It was wrong.

Everybody wants me and Novak Djokovic to dislike each other and people always try to stir things up between us, it’s impossible to be extremely close when we’re playing in these sorts of matches because it’s so mentally challenging and physically demanding and you need to try to still have that competitive edge as well.

Today was the best I hit the ball on the hardcourts since I started playing on it again, i felt like I was returning( serve) a little bit better, which is important for my game.

I always want to play but I've also had a long few months, it's about doing what's best for us to win the title. We'll chat about it and hopefully I can play.

In grand slams you have to try to conserve energy when you can really because the two weeks can be quite draining physically and mentally.

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I think in grand slams you have to try to conserve energy when you can really because the two weeks can be quite draining physically and mentally, if you can get yourself off the court quickly, capitalize if your opponent maybe isn't playing as well, if you're on your game, try to push yourself to keep playing that way. It can pay off toward the end of the tournament.

In any sport winning gives you confidence, this year I've won a lot of matches, more than I ever have in my career to this point in a season.

In the 12 months I've been with Amelie I feel like I've come thro... by Andy Murray

In the 12 months I've been with Amelie I feel like I've come through some difficult moments.

She's a phenomenal athlete across all sports. The stuff that she's done is obviously incredible, in terms of what she's trying to achieve this year, I think the easiest thing to do is to kind of get ahead of yourself.

How are players supposed to know, we can't know, because are we s... by Andy Murray

How are players supposed to know, we can't know, because are we supposed to be counting in our head?

I don't think there are any negatives that you can have from winning against someone that has won this event nine times and beating them in straight sets, i'm not buying that that can be negative in any way.