Andy Murray inspired by Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho

Mourinho was among the interested spectators at Queen's Club on Friday as the former Wimbledon and US Open champion reached the Aegon Championships semi-finals with a 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 win over Gilles Muller.

Murray - who admitted he has trained with Chelsea in the past - was pictured with the Stamford Bridge club's manager after his success before expanding upon why he is so impressed by Mourinho's qualities as a manager.

"Jose Mourinho has said one of the things he admires about tennis players is that, unlike footballers, they have nowhere to hide," said Scotland's Murray in his BBC column.

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"That was certainly the case the last time he watched me play, at the ATP Finals in November when I lost pretty quickly to Roger Federer.

"Thankfully I was in much better form against Gilles Muller at Queen's Club on Friday and afterwards I spent a few minutes with Jose, just chatting about what the two of us are up to and taking a few photos.

"Jose is certainly a winner. I think he's very loyal to his players and he protects them well from criticism if they haven't had a great performance."

"I'm sure that behind closed doors he's very demanding and hard on the players if they're not doing what he wants, but in public he's very supportive of his players. He doesn't blame them for defeats."