Murray explains split

Following the announcement that Miles Maclagan and Andy Murray have parted company, the British number one explained the decision which rocked British fans coming just four weeks ahead of the US Open.

Even more surprising was the revelation that the two, who seemed to have a great working relationship, no longer saw eye-to-eye.

"It obviously was a hard decision and one that wasn't the nicest thing to have to take," he said between practice sessions in Los Angeles. "It wasn't that tough to make up my mind because we were quite far apart in what we thought."

Whether that is the reason why his results between reaching the final of the Australian Open in January and his semi-final loss at Wimbledon, have been mixed was not clear.

However he intends to continue with Alex Corretja in his corner for the present until he decides who to appoint as Maclagan's replacement.

"It wasn't necessarily something that Miles wasn't bringing," continued Murray. "We had a chat when we were in Miami about how we saw things. We all saw things pretty differently.

"Between the three of us, we obviously had different ideas and different ways of seeing things -- what I felt was beneficial to me and what Miles and Alex felt was beneficial to me. I need to be comfortable in the set-up that I have -- have 100% confidence that everyone that's working with me believes it's the right thing to do.

"The last few years have gone very, very well. But I want to try and get to No. 1 in the world and try to win Grand Slams."

Murray, who hasn't won a title this year but has recorded wins over Roger Federer (Indian Wells) and Rafael Nadal (Aussie Open) and made the last four at the French Open, added: "I don't think I need to make huge changes in my game. I just need to become a better player all around.

"I had good results against Federer. I've beaten Nadal a couple of times in slams.

"I think it is easy to start over thinking and over analyzing things to try and find: Is there actually a problem there?

"I don't think there is a problem in my game. I need to get better. That is something that hasn't happened the last four or five months, something that hopefully by getting a new coach and a new sort of coaching team in place that will help me do that and achieve my goals."

Maclagan began working with Murray in late 2007, replacing Brad Gilbert and during that time as coach, guided his fellow Scot to a career high of No. 2 in the world, as well as two Grand Slam finals and 11 ATP Tour titles.