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working with a most important male tennis player after being named as Andy
Murray's new coach. </div>
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role, at first for the grass-court season. <br />
The first female coach of a Grand Slam-winning man in current years, she
said: "That's not my big unease right now. <br />
"I want to aid Andy. It's the only mania that I have in mind right
now." <br />
Mauresmo said she had been "surprised by the approach" from Murray and was targeting
winning more major titles with the Briton. <br />
<span class="openquote">“</span>We all be acquainted with his mother was a big
part of his tennis career. I think he's maybe looking for impressive different,
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<span class="quote-credit">Amelie Mauresmo</span> </div>
She added: "I'm looking forward to getting down to work and serving him
win more Grand Slams." <br />
In a highly triumphant career she was ranked world number one for a total of
39 weeks, won Wimbledon and the Australian
Open, both in 2006, and is the captain of the French Fed Cup team. <br />
She was also a key manipulate on French player Marion Bartoli's Wimbledon
triumph last year, and has experience of coaching a man after spending the
2010 grass-court season with France's
Michael Llodra. <br />
"I know it's a major occasion in the world of tennis - in the world of
sports as well," said Mauresmo. <br />
"It's a professional goal for me - this is what I'm interested
in." <br />
She added: "It's probably something that have to you ask Murray at some point, why
he made this choice. We all know his mother was a big part of his tennis
career. <br />
"I think he's maybe looking for something different, about emotions and
sensitive things."<br />
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Mauresmo keen on Murray
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Murray, 27, was coached in his early years by
his mother, Judy, a strong supporter of raising the number of female coaches in
Britain.
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Jimmy Connors and Marat Safin were other Grand Slam winners of the past to
have worked with their mothers in the formative years of their careers. <br />
Mauresmo takes over from Ivan Lendl, who left the
role in March after guiding Murray to his
first Grand Slam titles at the 2012 US Open and last year's Wimbledon.
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Lendl was unable to consign to enough time with Murray, and Mauresmo does not expect to
travel with the Scot every week, saying: "I don't want to work full-time.
If it's half a year, that's not bad." <br />
She is clear about the high expectations that will surround working with
such a high-profile player. <br />
"It's quite easy for me to answer this, and he's very open on
this," she said. "He wants to succeed more Grand Slams, so I guess
that's what it is." <br />
Mauresmo revealed that Murray had first made
contact with her a few weeks ago and, although the initial agreement is until
the end of Wimbledon next month, they are
looking at a longer partnership. <br />
"We want to do something in the mid-term because, you know, miracles
don't happen, not overnight," she said. <br />
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"Even though you can give him new dynamics, it will not happen
overnight." <br />
Mauresmo will remain as the French Fed Cup captain, with their next tie a
World Group quarter-final against Italy next February. <br />
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