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Andy Murray insists he is now fine after some injury concerns © PA Photos

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Andy Murray is looking forward to returning to competitive action at the Madrid Open after overcoming a niggling elbow injury to return to full practice.

The Scot had complained of soreness in his elbow after the Monte Carlo Open last month, which led him to withdraw from the subsequent Barcelona Open. But, ahead of his return to action at this week's event in the Spanish capital, Murray confirmed that he believes he has overcome the problem and is back on track.

"It's good, I've been practising since last Sunday," Murray said. "I went over to Barcelona and tried to practise on the Tuesday after Monte Carlo and it was a bit sore still so I took five or six days off.

"I was able to do all sorts of training, I just couldn't hit, and then I built it up every day and I've been practising since Sunday."

Murray will face either Ivan Ljubicic or Gilles Simon in the second round of the clay court event, but has no preference over which man he ends up meeting - despite having a better record against Simon (five wins and only one defeat) than Ljubicic (3-3).

"I've played both of them quite a few times," said Murray. "They are pretty different players, Simon's more solid, very quick and doesn't make many mistakes, and Ljubicic has a big serve, probably makes more mistakes but probably has a bigger weight of shot, so they're both very different.

"I think Ljubicic has got a very good record against Simon, I don't know if Simon has won against him, maybe once, but it's an interesting match. The altitude should probably help Ljubicic a little bit."

The Australian Open finalist confirmed he has begun working with Darren Cahill, a member of his sponsor's staff of coaches, as he bides his time before making a permanent appointment since parting ways with Miles Maclagan and Alex Corretja.

"Darren Cahill was on the court with me yesterday [Saturday] and he'll be on the court today, so yesterday was the first day I'd done anything with him," Murray noted.

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