5 reasons Andy Murray is struggling with form right now

5. Professional Burnout

Plain exhausted! Keeping up consistency will have burnt Murray out

Working constantly towards a few goals in mind can be repetitive, and in Murray’s case the player put in consistent hard work over the years in almost mechanical fashion to be able to reach the heights he has.

That constant work – with perhaps fewer rewards than Murray may have wanted, although he did win a number of titles in 2016, may have led to quite the burnout for Andy Murray.

Former World No 1 – and now World No 4 Rafael Nadal admitted as much when he took a hiatus from tennis last year. That can cause a player to lose his/her fighting spirit on the court, essential to keep them going in matches, and something Murray showed he had lost during his match against Fabio Fognini yesterday. Despite fighting back against the spirited Italian in the second set, Murray, who had almost wrested back some form of control, simply could not take himself over the edge.

That tenacity to fight through the worst of matches – something that has been a trademark for Murray – has been missing from his game of late, seriously suggesting he is burnt out.