Andy Murray has claimed he has the perfect game plan to defeat world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, but the Scot is also in admittance of how difficult winning tournaments, especially Grand Slam events, with the Serb competing at his best.
Murray has devised a statistical approach in defeating Djokovic this season, which could happen in a final round matchup at the Madrid Open 2016 next week. According to Murray, displacing Djokovic from the baseline to shorten points and coming up with plenty of game plans could be effective in handing out a loss to the Belgrade native, who only has two defeats heading into his next tournament.
"Everyone and anyone can be beaten, but at the moment Novak's consistency is making him just that little bit harder to beat," Murray said in an interview with the Mutua Madrid Open, reports Tennis Now.
"He likes to play from the back of the court, he has incredibly consistent ground strokes, so he likes to draw the points out. I think more and more guys are trying to make the points against him shorter, they'll move into the net a bit earlier and put him under pressure, however he has the ability to make shots from everywhere so it doesn't always work."
Murray only won nine of his 31 meetings with Djokovic in their career FedEx ATP Head2Head matchup. The Scot only defeated Nole once in their last 10 outings, which happened at a title-clinching match in last year's Canada Masters. Their most recent clash was at the Australian Open in January, where Murray got defeated by Djokovic in the final round 6-1 7-5 7-6(3).
After his failed bid at the Monte Carlo Masters, the world No. 2 defends his title at the Madrid Open slated on May 1-8. Murray admitted that clay-courts have not been friendly to him, but the two-time Grand Slam winner hopes this season would be different as he targets a French Open glory in Paris next month.
"To win in Paris would be great considering the surface. This year I am very motivated, this summer is so important. On clay I have been not winning very much, because it's not the surface I prefer, but in the last 18 months things have been changing. I hope to do better this year," Murray told Eurosport Italy as translated by Tennis World USA.