FRENCH OPEN
Venue: Roland Garros Date: 24 May - 7 June
Coverage: Live on BBC Two, also streamed live on BBC Sport website (UK only), with live commentary on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra.
Highlights - Murray shines in French opener
Andy Murray is cautious about his French Open chances ahead of a second-round match against Potito Starace.
The Scot, who faces the Italian world number 104 at 1000 BST on Wednesday, made a whirlwind start when he beat Juan Ignacio Chela in straight sets.
"Guys can play great matches when they haven't been expected to," said Murray, whose match is on BBC Two in the UK.
"It's happened to me a couple of times at Slams. I just focus on each match, especially on this surface."
The world number three has improved markedly on clay this year, having reached the semi-finals in Monte-Carlo and the quarter-finals in Madrid.
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However, in his last two visits to Roland Garros he has not progressed past the third round.
In order to match those previous performances, he will need to overcome Starace on Wednesday.
The Italian booked his place in the second round after making it past Germany's Mischa Zverev who retired in their match with the score 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 1-0.
Starace is not confident of beating Murray, but believes he has a better chance on clay.
"I think I have more chance here than on a hard court," said the 27-year-old, who has never faced the world number three.
"He is very good on clay. I've seen he has improved a lot on this surface so it will be a tough match for me.
"He is a great player and winning three sets against him will not be easy."
Murray agreed that Starace would be more of a threat on clay.
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"He's a righty (right-handed), plays a long way behind the baseline, and he's a top player," he said.
"He is probably more of a clay-court specialist than me so it should be an interesting match."
Starace has tipped Murray to climb even higher up the rankings.
"He has beaten Federer three or four times, and beaten Nadal too," he said.
"So he has a big, big chance of trying to get to number one. It won't be easy but he has a good chance."
Murray also has seventh seed Gilles Simon, 12th seed Fernando Gonzalez and 13th seed Marin Cilic in his quarter of the draw.
If the Briton manages to make the semi-finals then it is likely he will face world number one Rafael Nadal, who has won the tournament the past four years.
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