Venue: Roland Garros, Paris Dates: 22 May to 5 June
Three years prior, Andy Murray did not make it to Roland Garros as a result of a determined back harm which had erupted in Rome 10 days prior.
This year, he begins as an honest to goodness title contender and with a late dirt court record second to none.
The Italian Open champion has won more matches than both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in the three mud Masters occasions paving the way to the French Open.
Essentially, Murray is currently ready to play his normal diversion.
He is no more traded off by his back or by his development, he confides in himself on earth, and the outcomes have been surprising.
Murray has dependably felt he expected to play himself in on dirt, in any case, very as often as possible the courts changed to grass generally as he was getting his eye in.
He was likewise prevented by that lower back harm, which began alarming him as ahead of schedule as 2011.
Clay puts a more noteworthy strain on the back. It is a moderate surface, which requires more prominent pivot to confer the same measure of force.
Murray was over and over again in distress, so he chose surgery was the answer.
The operation in the harvest time of 2013 was a win and opened up potential outcomes on a surface that had seemed liable to remain his weakest suit.
Quick forward to Munich last May and seeing Murray wearing a couple of lederhosen to praise his first dirt court title.
He then beat Nadal on home soil to win the Madrid Masters the next week, then won every one of the three of his matches on dirt as Great Britain beat Belgium in November to secure the Davis Cup.
After a semi-last exit in Monte Carlo this year, Murray has confronted Djokovic in the last in both Madrid and Rome.
His triumph at the Foro Italico was his first over the world number one on any surface for nine months.
“I worked a lot on my movement last year,” Murray told.
“I didn’t play Monte Carlo last year and I did a training block in Barcelona where I spent loads of the time working on my movement.
“It’s a big strength in my game on the other surfaces, then on clay it was something that was letting me down. I wasn’t sliding well or timing the slides properly.”
The achievement has additionally originated from a choice to treat clay more like a surface for all seasons.
“I worked a lot on it the weeks before the World Tour Finals and Davis Cup,” Murray added.
“I’ve been trying to spend more time on the clay throughout the year rather than just a six-week period, so I’m not forgetting how to play on the surface. That’s helped.”
Murray additionally has the green clay courts of The All England Club to call upon.
He is a breathtaking returner, an expert in developing a point and, on his more promising times, an impressive specialist of the drop shot.
At the end of the day, he ought to be a characteristic on a surface that supports long encourages.
Some additional muscle on his forehand lately has likewise shortened some energizes, while his expanded serve gives him a chance to win focuses more rapidly than he is usual to on earth.
However, in the event that he can keep up his late frame and maintain his force more than five sets, then the Scot has the qualifications of an earth court Grand Slam champion.
