Murray Makes Krajicek Happy By Playing Rotterdam

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 11th February 2014

ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam

Murray Makes Krajicek Happy By Playing Rotterdam

epa04067637 British tennis player Andy Murray during a press conference at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 10 February 2014. EPA/KOEN SUYK |

Andy Murray would appear to have accepted a wild card entry into Rotterdam’s ABN/Amro World Tennis Tournament in a bid to bolster his world ranking that has slipped to sixth position. However the Scot is insistent his main aim is regaining full competitive fitness and to do that he must play top-flight matches.

The 26 year-old returned from the back surgery he underwent last September to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in Melbourne last month, and after playing only seven ATP World Tour matches in 2014 he added another two singles by spearheading Great Britain to a Davis Cup victory over the United States in San Diego.

Murray did not deny the world no.1 ranking remains an aim for him, even though current leader Rafael Nadal is currently almost 10,000 points ahead of him. “It’s a goal that I think every tennis player would have, “ he said. “We all want to do it.”

But Murray reiterated fitness is his prime goal and insisted: “The number one thing for me this year though is to get myself healthy again, get my body ready to compete in the grand slams.

“Yes if I have an opportunity to do it then I’ll definitely go for it but right now that’s not an immediate goal.

“When you come back from surgery you need to be patient with yourself and not expect too much in the first few months and then hopefully by the time the clay court season comes around my body should be 100 percent again.”

Murray will tomorrow begin his campaign at Rotterdam’s Ahoy Stadium in an event he won in 2009 by beating Nadal in the final, when he takes on 35th ranked Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

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