Britain number one Andy Murray, who will start his Australian Open campaign against Indian qualifier Yuki Bhambri on Monday, has claimed that he is very happy with Amelie Mauresmo and the new training team he has got together.
After a spirited run to qualify for last season's World Tour Finals, Murray's year ended abjectly with a 6-0, 6-1 defeat by Roger Federer in London.
He had reportedly lost significant ground to both Federer and Novak Djokovic over the course of the year, but was determined to give his relationship with Mauresmo a chance to flourish.
However, Murray's assistant coach Dani Vallverdu and his fitness trainer Jez Green saw things very differently, and accordingly they agreed to end their association with the British number one in November, the BBC reported.
Murray said that they chatted at the end of the year, adding that it was quite clear that they had completely different views on how he should be doing things and who he should be working with.
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The Scott claimed that if one has a disagreement in terms of how things should be working and people aren't going to be flexible with that, then one has got to go in a different direction.
Murray admitted that in the last four or five months of last year they weren't working that closely together, adding that the atmosphere within the team wasn't very good and therefore ultimately it impacts on the results and the performances on the court.
Venezuelan Vallverdu and Briton Green made a huge contribution to the golden 12-month spell in which Murray won the Olympics, the US Open and Wimbledon.
Vallverdu's coaching talents have since been recognised by Tomas Berdych, allowing Murray to try to foster an environment in which Mauresmo's ideas have room to thrive.
Murray said that he is very happy with the team he has got together, reflecting on December's training camp in Miami. He added that the way they have worked so far in the couple of months has been fantastic and hopefully they can keep that going.
The Britain number one claimed that he is enjoying his tennis, adding that he has enjoyed his training and the off-season, and he is sure all the people that were there would agree with that.
There would be a replacement for Vallverdu before long.
However, Murray's fitness programme is currently exclusively in the hands of Matt Little, who has been a long-time member of the team, and lead strength and conditioning coach at the Lawn Tennis Association, the report added.