Murray had lost his first four Grand Slam finals and appeared set for more heartache after squandering a two-set lead against Serbia&rsquo;s Novak Djokovic at Flushing Meadows in September last year. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/mar/Andy-Murray.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 357px;" /> Andy Murray kisses the US Open championship trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic in the men&rsquo;s 2012 final in New York City. Pic/AFP. However, he says a timely toilet break between the fourth and fifth sets enabled him to get his challenge for the trophy back on track. Low self-belief &ldquo;It had got to me,&rdquo; Murray said.u00a0He continued: &ldquo;I had played four Grand Slam finals before playing Novak in New York and had only won one set. Wherever I walked, I walked with hunched shoulders and with my head down. I think in my own mind I had bought the idea that I was not a real winner until I had won a Grand Glam. &ldquo;I was very negative in my own mind at the end of the fourth set at the US Open. My self-belief was pretty low.&rdquo;u00a0It was at that point that Murray took a time-out and found himself in a restroom close to the players&rsquo; entrance.u00a0&ldquo;When you walk out of the stadium there is a cubicle on the right-hand side,&rdquo; Murray told The Times Magazine. &ldquo;It is small, not much more than a toilet, a sink and a mirror. I was thinking: &lsquo;Why do I keep losing these finals? Do I lack something? How on earth did I squander a two-set lead?&rsquo; Fighting back &ldquo;I could not go back onto the court feeling like that. I would have lost the deciding set before the first ball was hit.u00a0&ldquo;I never talk to myself, not out loud. Isn&rsquo;t that supposed to be the first sign of madness?u00a0&ldquo;That is why that toilet break was so unusual. I stood in front of the mirror with sweat dripping down my face and I knew I had to change what was going on inside. &ldquo;So I started talking. Out loud. &lsquo;You are not losing this match,&rsquo; I said to myself. &lsquo;You are not losing this match.&rsquo; I started out a little tentative but my voice got louder. &lsquo;You are not going to let this one slip. This is your time.&rsquo;u00a0&ldquo;At first, I felt a bit weird, but I felt something change inside me. I was surprised by my response. I knew I could win,&rdquo; he recounted. After breaking Djokovic&rsquo;s serve in the opening game of the deciding set, Murray went on to take the set 6-2 to claim his maiden Grand Slam title.

Britain's Andy Murray has revealed that a self-administered pep-talk in a courtside toilet helped him to end his long wait for Grand Slam success at last year's US Open.

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