Murray eyes London glory

Murray: London calling

I want to try and play as many matches as possible (in Paris) so I'm match tight going into London.

Andy Murray
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Andy Murray is banking on a solid run of form in Paris this week to act as a springboard for success at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London later this month.

The prestigious season-ending tournament will be held at the O2 Arena in London starting on November 22, and Murray is targeting a big showing in front of a home crowd.

World number four Murray has targeted the event as one of his major goals for the season, but a wrist injury that forced him out of action for more than six weeks looked to have put his chances of success on home soil in jeopardy.

However, he returned to action in Valencia last week and improved throughout the week before beating Mikhail Youzhny in the final on Sunday to win his sixth title of the year.

He arrived in the French capital yesterday for the final Masters Series event of the season, where he will play James Blake in the second round on Wednesday.

Plan

"That wasn't the plan," Murray told tennistv.com about his injury lay-off.

"I wanted to play some matches to get ready for Paris and London and try and finish the year as well as possible.

"But with each match back you gain a little bit of confidence and once you get to the latter stages of the tournament you start to believe you've got a chance of winning.

"I want to try and play as many matches as possible (in Paris) so I'm match tight going into London. Last week was a great start and I'll try to play a few more here."

The 22-year-old picked up the left wrist injury before the US Open in September and aggravated it in Great Britain's Davis Cup defeat against Poland, where he played three matches in three days.

But, after missing tournaments in Japan and China, Murray is confident the problem is now behind him.

"I practised for about a week before Valencia and I didn't have any problems then I played five matches there, which was good, and it's not been too bad in any of the matches that I've played," he said.

"I've been icing it and seeing the physio every day and it's getting a lot better."