Andy Murray longs for Hibernian victory in Scottish Cup final

By Nick Lustig

Friday 20 May 2016 19:57, UK

Hibernian fan Andy Murray is hoping to celebrate a Scottish Cup victory before kicking off his French Open campaign next week.

Hibs face Rangers at Hampden Park on Saturday looking to win their first Scottish Cup since 1902.

The Murray family, though based in Dunblane, have strong ties with the Edinburgh club and Andy and older brother Jamie are huge fans, regularly charting the team's fortunes as they travel the world.

Hibs missed out on promotion to the Scottish Premiership last week, losing to Falkirk in the play-offs, and only a win over Rangers will salvage another tough season for them.

Murray, one of the favourites for a first French Open crown after his straight sets win over top seed Novak Djokovic in the Italian Open final last Sunday, is expecting a tight match at Scotland's national stadium.

"Hopefully Hibs win, but there are two teams playing tomorrow. One of them has to lose," he said.

"But the most important thing is to try to make the most of it and give your best effort the whole way throughout. Because if you do that, you can obviously be disappointed if you lose, but you come away with no regrets.

"I think as an athlete, that's hard to deal with. You know, if in a big match you feel like you haven't given everything or you could have done more, that can sit with you for quite a while.

"Whereas if you go out and do everything you can, try your best to the end regardless of the outcome, you'll be able to deal with that much, much better."

Murray also revealed he is in no hurry to find a new coach following his split with Amelie Mauresmo and may stick with Jamie Delgado long-term.

Delgado joined Murray's team in February as assistant to Mauresmo, but assumed senior status when Murray announced his split from the Frenchwoman earlier this month.

Murray said: "Obviously with the way that everything went in Rome and Madrid, things are going well just now, so no need to rush into anything. I'm happy with the work I have done with Jamie so far.

"That's for sure possible [to stick with Delgado]. I'm always looking to improve, so if there is something that I feel could help me, then for sure I would look into that in terms of another person to help out, and also to give him a break as well from time to time.

"Travelling every single week during the year and every practice week is tough, and it's the beginning of our relationship just now. Normally over time, when you spend so much time with each other, having a little bit of separation can be good, too."