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End of the road for Miles
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Andy Murray, one of the top players in the game without a Grand Slam title, has
fired coach Miles Maclagan according to Murray's management company.
Maclagan had been Murray's coach for the last 2-1/2 years. The Scottish-born player has been ranked as high as No. 2 in the world, first achieved on Aug. 17, 2009.
He emerged as the great British hope to snap the country's 74-year dry spell without a Wimbledon champion this year, but fell to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the semifinals.
He had 14 ATP Tour event titles, and has finished No. 4 in the world each of the past two years.
While he seeks out a new coach, Murray said he will work with Spanish former player Alex Corretja.
While both Murray and Maclagan released press statements saying they had nothing but respect for each other, it's odd to part ways so late in the season, with three of the four Grand Slam events already in the book.
The fix was in as early as three days ago according to Murray's Twitter page, on which he wrote, "
My old coach Pato Alvarez came to watch me and Feli (lLopez) hit today. So good to see him, he was great to me"
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