Murray to maintain patient approach despite early US Open exit

Murray and Miles Maclagan parted company at the end of July, but the British No 1 has been in no hurry to appoint a successor.

The 23-year-old is still advised by Alex Corretja – whose role was the source of the disagreement between Murray and Maclagan – while his mother Judy is also on hand to scout future opponents.

Murray certainly did not appear to initially suffer without Maclagan's input, defending his Masters title in Toronto by beating Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in successive matches.

The Scot therefore believes nothing has changed just because he crashed out in the third round at Flushing Meadows, losing in four sets to 25th seed Stanislas Wawrinka.

"You've got to be patient," Murray said. "I was getting asked five, six days ago, 'You're playing great tennis, will you think about going without a coach?

"It's based on one match. I'm not going to panic and hire someone to try and make things better. I'm going to take my time. I'm going to go home, have a rest, because I need it, and see what I decide to do after that.

"I'll speak to all the guys I work with and see what's gone well this year, what hasn't gone so well.

"It's one match and I wish I'd played better. But I'm not gonna panic and start trying to analyse everything that's going on because I've been pretty much injury free the whole year.

"Physically I felt good the whole year. I played some of my best tennis in two of the majors this year. I want to improve and get better. I'm obviously going to look for a coach and people that are gonna help me to do that.

"But I'm happy with the guys that I work with just now. They're all very, very good at what they do so I'm not gonna start changing everything. I'm still looking for a coach. That's it."

Murray reached the final of the Australian Open this year, the fourth round of the French Open and the semi-finals of Wimbledon, and admits he does not know what is lacking as he tries to end Britain's 74-year wait for a male grand slam winner.

"I've never won one so I don't have the secret answer to that," he added. "I think you need to play your best tennis during the tournament and that's it. That's the only way to win one.

"There's a lot of tough players out there just now. If you don't play well enough you're not going to win.

"It's frustrating, regardless whether you're playing well or not, to lose in a slam. I would have liked to have done better here, but I didn't. But it's been a long, long trip for me, I've been away a long time. I look forward to getting home, resting and thinking about what I'm going to need to do to improve.

"This summer overall I played some great tennis again. I'm just disappointed I didn't play my greatest tennis here. I played great tennis in Australia. I played very well in Wimbledon.

"The Masters Series this summer went very well. I was poor from the Australian Open till about the French, Wimbledon time. I've had two very good majors and two where I haven't been so good.

"But I've lost to Roger, who's probably the best ever. I lost to Rafa, who I think will be the second best, if not the best, ever. I lost to Berdych (in Paris), who played great tennis this year.

"I have no idea of whether I'll win a grand slam or not. I want to, but if I never win one, then what? If I give 100 per cent, try my best, physically work as hard as I can, practice as much as I can, then that's all I can do."