Murray to employ team of experts

Andy Murray will put together a team of experts to guide him through the next stage of his career.

The British number one does not plan to employ a direct replacement for American coach Brad Gilbert, with whom he split on Wednesday after 16 months.

"We're going to take a completely different approach to things," Murray's agent Patricio Apey told the Guardian.

"Fitness will be a big part of it and it may be a rotating team, with people coming in to give specific advice."

Leon Smith, Murray's coach as a teenager, and Louis Cayer, who has been working with Jamie Murray, could have some input in the new team.

Apey also said Murray was keen to have the input of a "mentor, someone who has been there and done it all before".

With Gilbert as his coach, Murray reached a career-high ranking of eight and won two ATP titles.

However, Murray, 20, admitted that travelling with just one coach was sometimes "stressful".

"I'm the sort of guy who likes a lot of people around me. Sometimes when it's just one-on-one with the coach, it can get quite stressful and a little bit stale," he said.

"It's just much more fun travelling around the world because it can get quite lonely sometimes and to have a lot of people around you just makes you feel a little bit more at home, when you're away."

At the Madrid Masters in November, Murray was joined by Gilbert, his brother Jamie, mother Judy, his agent and two friends.

His former coach Mark Petchey believes a team of experts would suit Murray because he already has an impressive tactical sense.

"Andy is a player that understands the game unbelievably well," Petchey told BBC Sport.

"He doesn't need a brilliant tactician but he probably needs a great motivator, somebody that can keep it fresh and help him the best out of himself."

Source: BBC Sport