Andy Murray has expressed his admiration for Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.

The British number one described the Blues boss as a "winner" and praised him for being loyal to his players and shielding them from criticism.

"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," he told BBC Sport.

"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."

Murray, who is actually a Hibernian supporter, reached the semi-finals at Queen's on Friday by overcoming Gilles Muller by two sets to one.