Rusedski: ‘Murray must win at least two majors’

GREG Rusedski thinks Andy Murray should be targeting multiple grand slam titles in 2017.

The 29-year-old will head into next season as the man to beat after he clinched the year-end world No 1 spot by defeating Novak Djokovic at the ATP World Tour Finals.

Murray won his third slam at Wimbledon in the summer and will be looking to cash in on his dominance to try to close the gap to his big rivals.

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have won 43 slam trophies between them and have all claimed three titles in a season at least once.

Rusedski said: “I think next year is going to define how many majors he’s going to win.

“Next year the goal’s got to be to try to win at least two majors because usually the best player on the planet has the most majors in their pocket.

“This year was a rarity that the player who finished No 1 didn’t have the most majors.”

Murray finished the season on a winning streak of 24 matches and five titles and will shortly head to Miami for his pre-season training camp.

The Australian Open is only seven weeks away and, after losing in the final five times, a first title in Melbourne is an obvious big goal.

Should Murray achieve that, he would need only a French Open title to complete the career Grand Slam. He reached the final at Roland Garros for the first time this year, losing to Djokovic.

Former British No 1 Rusedski, who is playing in this week’s Champions Tennis event at the Royal Albert Hall, said: “He’s been in five finals in Australia without winning the title but I think going in he has to be favourite for the title.”