Andy Murray and Philipp Kohlschreiber collide at the Madrid Masters

Andy Murray and Philipp Kohlschreiber will go into battle for the second time in the space of a few days when they clash in the second round of the Madrid Masters on Wednesday.

The world No 3 secured his first clay-court title in Munich in a rain-delayed Monday final 7-6 (7-4) 5-7 7-6 (7-4) which lasted over three-hours.

Much like their meeting in the third round of last year's French Open, the contest was to go the distance, but it was the 27-year-old who kept his cool to become the first British player to win an ATP clay-court tournament since Englishman Christopher "Buster" Mottram in April 1976.

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It was the 32nd title of Murray's career but his first on clay and now he prepares for another dust-up on the dirt with Kohlschrieber, ranked 24th in the world.

Murray, who has been working with new coach Jonas Bjorkman, arrived in the Spanish capital with just one-day to prepare for a rematch against the experienced German.

Transition

The former Wimbledon champion has had to make the transition from slow, heavy conditions in Munich to the high-altitude, faster-bouncing clay of Madrid.

"I hope I can have a good run at one of the next two events, either here or Rome, and get myself ready for the French," said Murray.

"Conditions last week were very different to what they are here. Obviously I think a little bit more altitude here. But it's been very warm. Last week it was very cold a lot of the days and raining.

"It's going to be a tricky turnaround."

Murray admits it takes a while for him to adjust to playing on clay, but his Munich triumph has given him added incentive to do well in Madrid and Rome this year.

"When I have played on the clay, I've only played at Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid and when I did do well in those events I came up against Rafa (Nadal). His record on this surface is the best of all time by a distance so that was tough for me because it was not a surface I grew up on," Murray told Sky Sports 3.

"When I don't play on it (clay) for 11 months of the year it takes me three, four, five weeks sometimes before I start to feel good on the surface so it's always been tricky for me."

Murray, who married long-term girlfriend Kim Sears last month, added: "It's been nice. How you are away from the court. How your personal life is going can reflect sometimes on your job, on your work, your training and performing on the court, so it was a very nice day."

Another crack

Kohlschreiber will be delighted to have another crack at Murray although he had even less of a turnaround to prepare for his first round match.

The 31-year-old showed few signs of fatigue in defeating Alejandro Falla from Colombia in straight sets on Tuesday, 6-1 6-4.

Top-seeded Roger Federer and four-time champion Rafael Nadal also take to Madrid's Caja Magica.

Federer, fresh from winning his fourth ATP title of the year in Istanbul, takes on promising Australian hope Nick Kyrgios in an intriguing contest, while home favourite Nadal takes on American Steve Johnson.

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov faces Italy's Fabio Fognini in a mouth-watering contest while fourth seed Kei Nishikori tackes David Goffin from Belgium.

David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez and US Open champion Marin Cilic are also in action on an action-packed Wednesday.

Don't miss all the action from the Madrid Masters ATP 1000, live on Sky Sports 3 from 12pm, on Wednesday 5 May.