Andy Murray said a tactical shift to become more defensive had helped him recover from being a set down to defeat Daniel Gimeno-Traver in his first-round match at Wimbledon. The British number said he had to hold back his attacking instinct to recover and take victory in four sets, winning 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-0. He said: "I changed the way I was playing and the way I was returning especially. "When I blocked more of his first serves and made the ball shoot through the court more, he made more mistakes." The 24-year-old had looked in danger of becoming the victim of a major upset before altering his approach. Gimeno-Traver took the first set and had two break points in the second. But the two players soon reverted to the form-book as the Spaniard struggled to maintain his early stranglehold and called for a trainer to treat a knee injury. But Murray believes his more pragmatic approach was just as important as any injury the world number 59 might have been carrying. Murray continued: "The court was quite slow as it is normally in the first week," he added. "I was playing a lot of long rallies with him and playing very aggressive off his first serve. "I was missing returns off the first serve and giving him the chance to dictate a lot of the points. "I couldn't quite get the break but when I did I played much better, though I had to make some adjustments." With rain affecting most of the Wimbledon courts, Murray is one of a handful of players to already book their place in the second round having taken advantage of the Centre Court roof. The Scot believes his early scare could prove useful in the grand scheme of the tournament, even if it did result in spending more time on court than he would have wanted. He continued: "It was tough because I was having quite a lot of chances and wasn't able to convert them in the first set. "I did manage to get myself fired up when I got the break and didn't lose a game from 3-3 [in the second set]. "I did a good job on that and it is something that I need to keep improving on in each match because it is going to get tougher and I am going to go through a lot more of those situations in the tournament."
