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Murray confident of defending Miami crown

ESPN staff
March 25, 2010
Andy Murray is the defending champion in Miami © Getty Images
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Andy Murray is hoping home advantage will give him the edge in his quest to defend his Sony Ericsson Open title in Miami.

Murray beat Novak Djokovic in the final at Crandon Park to win his fourth Masters title last year, and with the British No. 1 based in Miami for a large part of the year, Murray believes it will give him the upper hand.

"The whole feel of the tournament is nice for me, because I live like eight, ten minutes away," he said. "I don't live here, but I spend a lot of time here training, and I practiced here in December. I've played a lot on the courts, so it doesn't take me that long to get used to the conditions because I spend so much time here.

"I think it does make a difference if you practice at the place where you're going to be playing. It's a little bit like if you train in the same gym and lift the same weights all the time, and then you if you go to a different gym, even though the weights say the same, they always feel a little bit heavier, a little bit different."

Despite crashing out of the quarter-finals against Robin Soderling at Indian Wells last week, Murray is confident he can retain his crown.

"I feel good," he said. "Obviously I would have liked to have done a bit better at Indian Wells but I think I've got to kind of look forward to this week."

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