Sunday, 6 April, 2008

Andy Murray insists he will have plenty of opportunities to soar back up the world rankings after he takes a fall next week.

The British number one's second-round exit to Mario Ancic at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami will send him plummeting from 13th to a position outside the top 20, but Murray hardly has any points to defend from now until the US Open at the end of August.

Murray said: "Obviously, my ranking's going to drop a bit now, but I've got a long time until I've got to defend points again."

Murray did not win a match on clay last year, losing to Gilles Simon in Rome and then retiring hurt against Filippo Volandri in Hamburg.

But the 20-year-old will be hoping to perform much better on the surface - starting in Valencia in a fortnight.

"Hopefully I'll be refreshed and feeling good for the clay-court stretch because I think it's a surface that I can play well on. But I need to make sure I'm well prepared."

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