Tennis - Murray: I'm finally fit again

Andy Murray has claimed that his body has finally recovered from his back surgery last September.

The Scot was beaten in the semi-finals at ATP Acapulco last week, but says that he finally feels back to normal after.

"The first few tournaments back were hard but my body feels good now,” said Murray.

"Last week in Acapulco I played four matches in four days, three three-set matches, which didn't start until late.

"I woke up the next day and felt fine for the first time since the surgery. That shows I am starting to recover properly though which is great."

Murray had struggled with the back injury for almost a year, missing the French Open and the final few months of 2013.

He returned to the game at the start of this year, but failed to make the last four of the Australian Open this year for the first time since 2009 - and has looked far from his convincing best.

But even a return to the very top of his game may not be enough for the Scot to add to his 28 career titles, if Novak Djokovic is to be believed: the world number two says that the 'Big Four' of Djokovic, Murray, Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer have been well and taken apart by new stars coming through.

"What Stan [Wawrinka] did in the Australian Open shows that there are other players than the top four that are able to win,” said Djokovic.

“It’s good for the sport.

“Roger played a great tournament in Dubai. He’s one of the best players in the history of the game and you can never count him out.

"He always plays really well and you have to be on top of your game to win against him regardless of which surface you play on. It’s Roger Federer across the net.

“Of course Rafa is there too and you have young guys like Dimitrov and Milos Raonic and Jerzy Janowicz. It’s a very interesting time for men's tennis.

"It’s just the beginning of the season so it’s still very early in the season to predict who will finish number one but there is a bigger group of guys, not just the four of us.”