Indian Wells: World number four Andy Murray has called for a more uniform coaching strategy at junior level in the wake of Britain's Davis Cup defeat at the hands of Lithuania.
While the British number one did not speculate on whether team captain John Lloyd should be replaced, he said it was vital the players should have some input on future candidates.
Above all, Murray pleaded for a more constructive approach by the British media following the team's humiliating 3-2 loss in Vilnius on Sunday in a Europe/Africa Zone group II first round match. It was their fifth successive defeat in Davis Cup ties.
"Everyone involved is obviously disappointed," Murray told reporters on Thursday while preparing for the Indian Wells ATP tournament.
"It wasn't one of British tennis's best days but I think the most important thing now is that we're obviously at a pretty low point and I'm fed up reading just negative stuff all the time, the constant bashing.”
"There needs to be some more constructive things said, people actually coming forward with ideas of what you can do to improve, how we can get better as a nation."
Murray, who did not play against Lithuania, said it was up to the Lawn Tennis Association to decide whether Lloyd stayed.
"It's a difficult one because John, at the start, won four or five times in a row and got us into the World Group which hadn't been done in a long time," Murray added.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:10