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Can superstion help Murray win?

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Andy Murray tries to become the first British player for 71 years to reach a Wimbledon final this afternoon. So can superstition help him do it? His coach seems to think so. He insists on him using the same court to practice on at the same time every day. Olympic medal-winning canoeist Helen Reeves and sports psychologist Dr Victor Thompson discuss whether superstition can do more harm than good.

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