Tim Henman has backed his compatriot Andy Murray to go deep in grand slams again because the Brit thinks that Murray's improved fitness will do him good.
Andy Murray has played a lot of tennis this year but it's not been that great for him as he's still struggling with several things. When he's playing well (Stuttgart) he gets betrayed by his body. When his body holds up, Murray's tennis is not working that well and it's never a situation where both things work well. It's frustrating but Henman sees positive things happening which give him confidence that Andy will turn it around:
"I think [Murray's] had such a sort of challenging last four or five years and now he's starting to build some consistency with his fitness so now he can play on a more consistent schedule. For me, he's still only scratching the surface. He's in the top 50 and if he plays the full schedule then I definitely think he can be back seeded in the Grand Slams."
For Henman being a seed at a Grand Slam will offer Murray more protection in terms of the draw and that will make things easier:
"You'll get to see him with more protection and then he can have a really good run in in the slams still. And that's definitely the motivating factor."
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