By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, August 3, 2023

Frustration is like fireplace: It can gasoline some gamers and eat others. 

Don't count on Andy Murray to fade his fervor.

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The former world No. 1 says 970 profession matches and 46 titles have taught him a priceless lesson: emotion empowers him on courtroom.

Speaking to the media on the Mubadala Citi DC Open, Murray stated like his rival, good friend and fellow former No. 1 Novak Djokovic, he performs his greatest when he is emotionally engaged.

"For me, and I think I would say I'm more like Novak in that sense is that my feeling is that he plays his best when he's showing, like, you know, his emotion," Murray advised the media after his 7-6(5), 6-4 win over Brandon Nakashima. "Positively or negatively, he's getting it out there.

"I really feel like that is the identical with me, however I simply should be cautious that it does not go too flat or an excessive amount of vitality getting used up by getting pissed off after each level or getting too pumped up after each level. That's when it could develop into an issue."

The two-time Olympic gold-medal champion says discovering the fitting stability between fireplace and focus is important to taking part in his greatest tennis.

"It's just trying to get the balance right for me," Murray stated. "So I have played matches, not many, where I have said nothing during the match (smiling). I have often, my coaches or my team have said to me, like, What was up today? You seemed very flat on the court.

"That's, for me, when it goes the opposite method, you realize, I do not get probably the most out of myself, if I'm not saying something or I'm not reacting, like, positively or negatively to factors."

The Fifteenth-seeded Murray goals to carry constructive emotion when he takes on top-seeded Taylor Fritz tonight with a quarterfinal spot on the road.

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