In seeking to put his Wimbledon disappointment behind him Andy Murray was getting straight back to work today in a bid to get his season back on track.

The beaten defending men’s singles champion acknowledged that he will also soon be knocked off his perch as world number one, but he was determined not to wallow in what has happened.

“I go home and spend time with my family. That will be immediately what I'll do, then tomorrow back to work,” he said.

“I’ll sit down with my team and discuss the best plan moving forward. That starts tomorrow. No time to waste there.”

He admitted, however that he does not know what the work will entail following his five set exit to Sam Querrey, the American who also ended Novak Djokovic’s defence when the Serb was worl number one last year.

Murray was clearly severely restricted in his movement by the hip problem that has troubled him throughout the tournament as he registered only a single game in each of the final two sets after coming through a tough tie-break to claim a two sets to one lead.

While he said he had been confident that he would not cause himself any long term damage by giving his all in this tournament, those discussions with his team will now revolve around what he needs to do to contend at the next Grand Slam tournament, the US Open.

“Before the tournament it was very short-term because you want to play Wimbledon,” he said of his treatment to date.

“You want to play all of the slams and give your best chance there.

“Obviously I managed to get through a bunch of matches and did okay.

“You're trying to get yourself in the best shape possible for this tournament and I did that. I did the best that I could.

“Now I'll sit down with my team and look at the next step, look a little bit longer term.

“The US Open's six, seven weeks away maybe, something like that, so I’ll sit down with my team tomorrow and come up with a plan for what I have to do next.

“I'll get the best advice I can, then stick with that. If it means taking a few weeks' rest, then so be it. If it means training and doing the right, you know, rehab and stuff, then I'll do that.

“I have no idea of exactly what that's going to be.”

He was meanwhile philosophical about the prospect of losing the number one ranking that he has taken such pride in since claiming it for the first time at the end of last year.

“It was going to happen at some stage,” said Murray.

“I don't think anyone has ever stayed at No. 1 their whole career. It always comes to an end.

“I haven't played well enough this year to deserve to stay there for much longer. If it doesn't happen by the end of this tournament, it will happen by the end of the US Open.

“That's fine. Obviously I would rather be ranked No. 1 than 2, 3 or 4. You know, I go away now and try and find a way to get back there. Hopefully I can do that.”

Querrey will n ow be the first male American player to contest a Grand Slam semi-final for eight years and Murray said the key to him going further and becoming the first from the once dominant nation in men’s tennis to win one of the sport’s biggest titles since 2003 would be his mindset.

“Believing that he can win is the most important thing,” said the two-time champion.

“Obviously go out and play his game, play the way that's got him here, but, yeah, he needs to believe he can win.

“That goes a long, long way. When you step on the court, the semis, finals of a major, you need to believe you can do it.

“That isn't always the case when you haven't been there before.

“First-time experience, you can maybe be pleased to be in that position.

“I think it's good to be happy to be there, but you want to go out there and win. Hopefully he does that.”

And he believes that there is still every chance of seeing a home singles winner in this tournament, offering his backing to Jo Konta’s women’s singles bid.

“I hope she goes on to win the tournament,” he said.

“She's certainly got a fantastic chance.

“I saw quite a lot of the match yesterday. She played extremely well under a lot of pressure, at the end of that second set especially.

“So if she keeps playing like that, there's no reason why she can't do it.”