Murray, along with tennis superstars like Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams, is taking part in the three-day inaugural match-up in Manila for the first leg of the International Premier Tennis League competition.
Murray was defeated 6-5 by Croatian Marin Cilic in a five-minute shootout match at the start of the tournament on Friday (November 28).
Speaking at a post-match news conference, the Scot spoke about the type of training he wanted from Mauresmo and his goal on improving his ranking next year.
"Amelie always speaks about me going aggressively and never once spoken to me about trying to play defensive tennis, this was all that we practise, that's the set of mindset and gamestyle that I want to play. Sometimes you know it hasn't been possible, but you know we only spent six or seven weeks together, and since Wimbledon, I you know the match, sort of five or six weeks, and the off season, and the build up to the Australian open, I get to practice and things and I can work on some more stuff," he said.
Murray's overwhelming loss to Roger Federer at the ATP World Tour Finals brought the British tennis player to consider changing his coaching team, ending a long-time working relationship with his friends Dani Vallverdu and Jez Green.
US Open champion Marin Cilic was happy with his performance against Murray.
"It's tough to say because the rules are new and it's a different atmosphere. You play doubles for example, and you're sitting on the bench, cheering up your team mate and then you have to be ready for your match,to adjust different, and we need to adjust to be a little bit better better, so I think our match was on a good level and I think we had good rallies, and I played pretty good so you know Im happy to that," he said.
Modelled on the successful Indian Premier League cricket competition, the IPTL format involves a five-set format made up of a men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles and a past champions' singles match.
Players from the four teams competed in the new format, which used a team-scoring system, a 20-second shot clock and a call called a "power point" which players can make to double their point once per set.
Micromax Indian Aces dominated the first game against the Singapore Slammers, with mixed doubles partners Rohan Bopana and Sanria Mirza defeating Bruno Soares and Daniela Hatchunova. Succeeding matches led by Fabrice Santoro and Ana Ivanovic sealed the team's victory.
The Manila Mavericks lost to the UAE Royals on the second game, as Murray lost to Cilic in the men's singles.
Maria Sharapova managed to acquire the Maverick's only victory after defeating Kirstin Mlandenovic in the Women's Singles. Murray and Sharapova teamed up in the mixed doubles, but ultimately lost to Nenad Zimonjic and Kristina Mladenovic.
The competition in Manila will continue until Sunday (November 31), with further events taking place in Singapore, India and Dubai next month.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
