Murray acknowledges tough climb

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Murray clinched his fourth title of the year and became the first Britain to win two Masters Series crowns after beating Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-4 7-6 (8/6) in Sunday's Madrid final.

"I'm still a long way behind them," said Murray, who has actually held the upper hand against all three of those players in recent encounters. "I've played great the last few months, but those guys have been unbelievable for the last couple of years," added Murray.

At the US Open Murray claimed his first victory in six meetings with world number one Nadal, while against number two Federer the Dunblane-born 21-year-old has now won three of his five career clashes after beating the Swiss superstar in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters.

Against Djokovic Murray has been victorious in both of their last two meetings - beating the Serbian in Cincinnati and Canada this year - having lost all of his previous four clashes with the world number three.

But Murray insisted: "They are so consistent on every surface and throughout the whole year. The points total that Djokovic has got for being the number three player in the world is ridiculous.

"He would have been by far number one in the world at some stages.

"Those guys have been awesome and I'm still not close to them yet, I still need to keep working hard."