Andy Murray to “challenge his body” following long break

World number six Andy Murray said that he is keen in competing and keeping a rather busy schedule to make up for the long break that he had following a back surgery last September. Murray missed the last quarter of 2013 in order to fully rehabilitate from the aforementioned medical procedure.

“I came back from San Diego happy with the way I was playing,” Murray said in an interview with the ATP Tour website staff.

Great Britain advanced to the Davis Cup quarterfinals after an upset win over the United States in their home turf.

“I had already had a long break due to my back surgery, so I hadn’t played a lot of matches. When you haven’t played for a long time, you have to get used to competing. I was enjoying playing tournaments and not being in pain.

“It is important for me to challenge my body just now, to see how good it is. I obviously played my first five set matches in Australia, then in the Davis Cup.

“In those events you have a day off between matches, but if I play well this week I will be competing a few days in a row. The next month or two, I will still be learning about my body. But so far it has been good.”