Murray seeks new coach

Andy Murray wants to appoint a new coach before the clay-court season with a possible decision in the next couple of days. Murray is enduring the worst run of his professional career - four successive defeats in straight sets.

He accepts he needs a new coach with experience, as long as he can find the right person. Ideally he wants to appoint someone for 20 to 25 weeks a year and wants them in place as soon as possible. His schedule is hectic from mid-April through to the end of Wimbledon in July and he does not want the issue to preoccupy him more than it already has.