Murray believes he's still among grass-court elite after opening Surbiton win

Andy Murray insists he is still among the top ten grass court players in the world after kicking off his LTA's Lexus Surbiton Trophy campaign with a comfortable straight sets win over Hyeon Chung. The former world No.1 swatted aside his South Korean opponent 6-3 6-2 in West London to get a bumper summer of domestic tennis underway. Ad Murray, the current world No.43 after a long-term battle with injuries, opted to skip the French Open to give himself more time on grass ahead of Wimbledon.

TennisJay Clarke admits disappointment in Surbiton defeatAN HOUR AGO But he faced a tough test against Chung, who stunned 22-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in the fourth round of the 2018 Australian Open. The Asian ace was unable to claim a similar scalp against two-time SW19 champion Murray, 36, and the veteran Scot admits he still backs himself against the best on the grass court surface. «I think I am still top ten on this surface,» he said.

«I don't have anything to prove to anyone — in my eyes anyway, I still feel like I am capable of competing right at the top of the game, certainly on this surface. »It is hard to put numbers on it like that, but I fancy myself against a lot of the other players. «Last year I beat Nick Kyrgios, who made the final of Wimbledon.

»I was a set off Matteo Berrettini in the final at the Stuttgart Open, who is definitely in the top few. «I am playing better this year than I was last year, but it is kind of irrelevant if you say that is what it is, you need to perform and win the matches on the court. »It is up to me to show that over the next four or five weeks." Murray is a two-time Olympic champion and now eyeing up a hat-trick of gold medals in Paris next summer.