Murray prepared for stellar summer after opening Surbiton Trophy victory

Andy Murray believes he's had the best preparation possible for the grass court season after a successful start to his Surbiton Trophy campaign on Monday. It took just 58 minutes for a near-faultless Murray to dispatch Jurij Rodionov 6-2 6-1 on Centre Court, the first British grass court event of the season. Ad/> The two-time Wimbledon winner has had plenty of practice on the surface after choosing to miss most of the clay court season, and an encouraging display has fuelled hopes of a stellar summer.

Roland-GarrosNadal v Djokovic is ‘biggest’ rivalry in tennis history – Corretja30 MINUTES AGO «I have high expectations for myself and a lot of key goals and ambitions, which I talk about with my team regularly. I've trained hard, I feel good physically, grass is my best surface I feel, and I've prepared as best as I can for it,» he said. «We'll find out in a few weeks what the outcome is for it but the thing I can control is not the results and performances, but my preparation and attitude on court and my effort.

I guarantee I'll give 100% on that side of things to give myself the best chance to have a good run. »If I can push myself up the rankings that will be positive, not just for Wimbledon but the rest of the year. I just want to be out there competing and hopefully my body holds up well.

«I felt good today. I've trained well the last few weeks and since Madrid got a lot of time on the grass. »You're always a little nervous coming out playing the first match on a different surface, and even though I played in Madrid I haven't competed much in the last few months, but I thought I did well.