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Murray heading to Monte Carlo

ESPN staff
April 3, 2010
Andy Murray is striving to find some good form © Getty Images
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Andy Murray has taken up a wildcard to play at the Monte Carlo Masters.

The Scot has been in indifferent form since his run to the final at the Australian Open and with that in mind has opted to begin his clay-court season earlier than planned on April 11.

Clay is not Murray's favoured surface, but he made it through to the semi-finals in Monte Carlo 12 months ago before losing to Rafael Nadal.

The Scot will come up against Nadal once again and the Spaniard is hoping to continue his move back towards peak form in the Principality.

"I'll just keep working like this, keep improving," Nadal said following his defeat to Andy Roddick at the Sony Ericsson Open. "Two semi-finals in a row, in the first two Masters 1000s of the season for me is positive.

"I had a positive American hard-court season. I'm happy for that. I'm playing well, I had very good matches in these two tournaments.

"That's the positive things. The worst is that I lost two semi-finals in three sets. But if you are there, you are going to have your day. You are going to win one day. I'm happy with how I am doing."

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