British No. 1 player, Scottish Andy Murray announces that he may take his time out of the game and spend more time with friends following his shattering defeat to Serb Novak Djokovic at the final match at the Australian Open 2011.

Paul Newman of The Independent noted that Murray has been away from home for two months by the end of the Australian tennis tournament. The World No. 5 player has spent his first month in Miami to train for the Australian game in the second month.

Murray left Australia taking him only his failure to bring home his first grand slam title, the crown he was eyeing to take when he set foot at Melbourne Park.

"Right now I'm disappointed, but I'm looking forward to spending time at home," he said. "I'm looking forward to getting back to seeing friends, family, my dog. Tennis is obviously a lot of fun and I'm very lucky to be playing it, but I enjoy the other parts of life as well," Murray was quoted as saying by The Independent.

Just like last year, Murray is scheduled to play in indoor tournaments in Rotterdam first week of February. The Independent said that Murray played ‘poorly’ last year following his loss at the Australian Open when defeated by then opponent, Roger Federer.

He said, according to the Independent, “. "I don't have to play until Indian Wells and Miami [in March]," he said. "If I'm enjoying myself back home then I won't start training again, because last year I went through the motions a bit and that's not the way to move forward”.

Murray explained that when training, aces like him are given the window to prepare in order to win the major events in the game. But after the event he said, one is understandably unwilling to go on ‘the practice court’.

When home, Murray has only had his sights for his family and friends.

He said, “I want to spend time with my girlfriend, chill out and get away from the court."

Serbian ace Djokovic upsets Murray’s hopes to get the Scottish first grand slam, now on hold for future tournaments - - depends on how long Murray wants to spend time home, and not in court.