Murray hopes his form will continue

ANDY Murray believes he is in the form of his life as he prepares to kick off his campaign in the Wimbledon warm-up tournament at Queen’s Club.

He arrives in fine fettle after winning his first clay-court titles in Madrid and Munich before reaching the French Open semifinals.

The 28-year-old Scot has tapped a rich vein since marrying Kim Sears two months ago and took great encouragement from the way he pushed Novak Djokovic to five sets before finally succumbing to the world No 1 in Paris.

“Last year was very difficult because the first six months were hard coming off the surgery. I maybe didn’t expect it to be that hard,” Murray said.

“But this year . . . I’ve played extremely well so far and I have to be happy with that. The grass suits my play much more than clay and hopefully I can take the form from the clay on to grass.

“But things change in a few days. No one would have thought Stan [Wawrinka] would end up winning in Paris.”

Queen’s has become an ATP 500 event this year, worth double the rankings points and, as such, has attracted a strong 32-man field.

Wawrinka is the second seed, but he will not get an easy return to action following his second grand slam triumph as he has been handed a first round tie against Nick Kyrgios, the flamboyant Australian who stunned Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon last year.

World No 10 Nadal, who has plunged to his lowest ranking since 2005 after a miserable run this year, faces Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round.

US Open winner Marin Cilic and defending Queen’s champion Grigor Dimitrov are among the other top-15 ranked players in the draw. – AFP