Andy Murray looking forward to the grass court season

By Press Association

Image: Andy Murray under pressure from Novak Djokovic who won their French Open final on Sunday

Andy Murray is hoping the familiar feel of grass under his feet can help him turn the tables on Novak Djokovic.

Murray and Djokovic met in the final of the French Open for the first time on Sunday but it was a familiar story.

The Serb has now beaten Murray in five Grand Slam finals and, at the weekend, recovered from a set down to win 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4.

Image: Murray ponders another loss to Djokovic

The last time Murray got the better of his great rival at a Slam was in the Wimbledon final three years ago.

And the 29-year-old from Dunblane said: "We only played twice on grass, I won both those matches.

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"I have played some of my best tennis on clay, for sure, over the last few weeks and definitely the last couple of years.

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"Hopefully that translates well onto the grass, which is a surface that comes way, way more naturally to me.

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"I will try and have a good run on the grass. If we meet on the grass, I'll try and learn from the last few weeks' matches and see things I could have done better."

And Murray has received support from three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten, with the Brazilian saying "At the beginning of his career I thought it would be hard but also we had Rafa (Nadal) more strongly around.

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"Murray, like Novak, what surprised me the most is they put themselves in positions to try to find solutions, try to get better.

"He had a tough year with the surgery on the back and the problems and it's really hard but he was able to recover fast and now his mentality feels like he's close.

"We know his game is good enough. It's just a question of being able to do it more consistently, perhaps not having thrilling matches at the beginning as he always does. Save energy because it felt like his legs didn't get going after the second set."

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