MADRID -Andy Murray is proud of his new world number three ranking, achieved for the first time yesterday as the Scot prepares for his start at the Madrid Masters.
•SCOTT WILLIAMS
But the 21-year-old is hoping for more to come and won’t be satisfied with a British best as his skyrocketing career lifts to greater heights.
‘I’d be prouder if my name was in the middle of them (Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer),’ said Murray. ‘I’ve been on a very good run the last eight or nine months, I think the ranking reflects that.
‘To get close to those two or to get in between Roger and Rafa is a tough thing to do. They have had the top two spots for the last five or six years. It’s an incredible run that both of them have been on.
‘I’d love to try to break that up but I need to try to focus on just winning matches.’
The fourth seed at the new event was searching for court time at the Magic Box complex where a majority of the clay practise courts do not yet seem to be ready for action.
He is awaiting a second-round opponent from Italian Simon Bolelli and Argentine qualifier Juan Ignacio Chela.
‘I just tried to get here as early as possible to get used to the altitude, obviously the courts here are brand new and a little bit different,’ Murray said.
‘It’s been quite tough to get practise time because there has only been two practice courts. I think one or two of them actually broke yesterday.’
– Nampa-AFP
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