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16 January 2007
The British stars take on Polish duo Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the final match on court two, and Murray is looking forward to justifying his place among the tennis elite after moving up to 10th in the world - courtesy of Tommy Haas' failure to reach the semi-finals of the US Clay Court Championships in Houston.
Murray told www.atpmastersseries.tv: "Unfortunately, it wasn't through myself winning a match, which would have been nicer but I'll take it anyway. It's good - it's been a goal of mine for pretty much the last five years."
The 19-year-old Scot added: "That's something I've been working towards. I've had a very good start to the year.
"To get into the top 10 is a big deal for most players when they do it for the first time."
Murray is eager to make up for some disappointing displays last year on the clay, which is a surface on which he should be extremely comfortable have spent much of his tennis education in Spain.
He said: "Last year's clay-court season didn't go so well for me. But I'm playing much better than I did last year, I'm much stronger physically as well.
"I think my game is pretty well suited to clay so hopefully I can play well this year.
"I've been playing well in practise so hopefully I can transfer that on to the court."
Victory will see the Murrays take on fifth seeds Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett, who have a first-round bye.
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