Murray reckons he’s now on borrowed time

– Andy Murray (right) says he has only a couple of years left at the top of men’s tennis, but the world No 1 has no intention of relaxing just yet as he sets his sights on a third Wimbledon crown.

While Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have defied the ageing process to win Grand Slams into their 30s, Murray believes that is the exception rather than the norm.

With that in mind, the 30-yearold knows he must maximise his chances of adding to his haul of three Grand Slam titles while he is at his peak.

“I know some of the players have been doing really well until their mid-30s recently, but that might not be the case with me.

“Maybe the next couple of years are the last few where I have a chance to compete for the Majors and the biggest tournaments.”

Fortunately for Murray’s hopes of more silverware, he heads into the grass-court campaign back in form after his run to the French Open semifinals ended a frustrating period marred by problems with injuries and illness.

The Scot, who has battled shingles, an elbow injury and the flu in 2017, was beaten by Stan Wawrinka in five sets on the clay at Roland Garros.

But Murray is confident he has rediscovered his rhythm in time to mount a strong defence of the Wimbledon crown he won for a second time last year.

The road to Wimbledon begins across west London at the Queen’s Club next week, when Murray will be aiming to win the grass-court event for a third successive year and sixth time in total.

First up for Murray in the opening round is British No 4 Aljaz Bedene.

Murray beat Bedene in the second round at Queen’s last year and if he wins again he will face either 2010 Queen’s champion Sam Querrey or another Briton – wildcard Cameron Norrie – in the last-16.

He is seeded to face France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals and former US Open champion Marin Cilic in the semifinals, with a potential final against second seed Stan Wawrinka.

Wawrinka opens his Queen’s campaign against Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez, while Milos Raonic, beaten by Murray in the Queen’s and Wimbledon finals last year, starts against Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis. – AFP