<P> In March, Murray split with coach Ivan Lendl, who had been widely praised for helping Murray achieve his goal of winning Grand Slam titles . At the 2014 Miami Masters, Murray defeated Matthew Ebden, Feliciano López and Jo Wilfried Tsonga but lost to Djokovic in the quarterfinals . In the Davis Cup quarterfinals against Italy, he beat Andreas Seppi in his first rubber, then teamed up with Colin Fleming to win the doubles rubber . Murray had only beaten one top ten player on clay, Nikolay Davydenko, back in 2009, and so in his final singles match, was stunned by Fabio Fognini in straight sets, which took Great Britain to the deciding final rubber . However, in this match his compatriot, James Ward was defeated by Andreas Seppi, also in straight sets, knocking Murray and Great Britain out of the Davis Cup . </P> <P> Murray next competed at the Madrid Open and following his opening win, over Nicolas Almagro, he dedicated the victory to former player Elena Baltacha . He then lost to qualifier Santiago Giraldo in the following round . Murray then reached the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters where he lost to No. 1 Rafael Nadal in a tight match in which he had been up a break in the final set . At the French Open, Murray defeated Andrey Golubev and Marinko Matosevic before edging out 28th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber 12--10 in the final set . This was the first time Murray had ever gone beyond 7--5 in a deciding set . He followed this up with a straight sets win over Fernando Verdasco and then recorded a five set victory over Frenchman Gaël Monfils in the quarterfinal, which saw Murray rise to No. 5 and equal his best ever French Open by reaching the semifinals . However, he subsequently lost to Nadal in straight sets, winning only 6 games in the match . After losing the 2014 French Open semifinals to Nadal, Murray appointed former women's world No. 1, and two - times slam titlist, Amélie Mauresmo as his coach in a' historic move' which made Mauresmo the first woman to coach a top male tennis player . </P> <P> After strong grass court seasons in 2012 and 2013, Murray was seeded third for the 2014 Wimbledon Championship, behind Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, who were seeded first and second respectively . He began his title defence with straight sets wins over David Goffin and Blaž Rola, defeating the latter for the loss of just two games . Murray continued his good form, defeating Roberto Bautista Agut and Kevin Anderson, the 27th and 20th seeds, again in straight sets to reach his seventh consecutive Wimbledon quarterfinal . Murray's defence then came to a halt as Grigor Dimitrov ended his 17 match winning - streak on the grass of Wimbledon (this includes the 2012 Olympics) with a straight sets win, meaning Murray failed to reach the semifinals for the first time since 2008 . After his defeat at the Championships, Murray dropped to No. 10, his lowest ranking since 2008 . </P> <P> Prior to the North American hard court swing, Murray announced he was extending his partnership with Amélie Mauresmo until the end of the US Open, but was ideally looking for a long - term deal . He also revealed he had only just returned to a full training schedule following his back surgery last September . Murray reached back - to - back quarterfinals at the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Masters, losing to eventual champions Jo Wilfried Tsonga, after being a break up in the decider, and Roger Federer, after being two breaks up in the second set, respectively . He made it to the quarterfinals of the 2014 US Open, losing to Novak Djokovic, after earning his first top ten win of the year in the previous round against Jo Wilfried Tsonga . This was the first season since 2009 where Murray failed to reach a grand slam final . As a consequence Murray fell outside of the top 10 ranking places for the first time since June 2008 . </P>

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