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Andy Murray hails Ivan Lendl influence

Murray hails Lendl influence
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Andy Murray hails the calming influence of coach Ivan Lendl after his 6-3 6-2 victory over Alejandro Falla.

Andy Murray has praised coach Ivan Lendl for his calming influence following the world number four's early exit at Indian Wells last week.

The British number one was surprisingly knocked out by Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the second round in California.

Rather than panic, Lendl urged Murray to put the result behind him and focus on this week's Sony Ericsson Open.

"The first thing he said to me was, 'Don't worry about it at all. Don't overthink it'," Murray revealed.

"I spoke to all of the guys. Everyone said, 'Your attitude was good in practice. You did everything that they asked you to do off the court'.

"Then when we got on the court here we just got back to working on all of the stuff I was doing before Dubai, before Australia, and just got back to doing the basics."

Murray earlier beat Alejandro Falla 6-3 6-2 to progress to the last 32 of the event in Miami.

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