Murray returns to top ten

Updated 15.53 Mon Feb 18 2008

Keywords: marseille open, andy murray, sport, tennis

Andy Murray is back in the top ten in the world tennis rankings after winning the Marseille Open.

The 20-year-old beat Mario Ancic 6-3 6-4 to claim his second tour title this year and he immediately overtook David Nalbandian and Tomas Berdych to climb into equal ninth place alongside James Blake of the United States.

"It is important to win these tournaments" - Andy Murray

Despite suffering a surprise first round defeat in the Australian Open last month, Murray is now setting his sights on winning one of the major tournaments.

He said: "Roger Federer won here at 20 too so I'm on the right track. It's important to win these tournaments, it's what gives you confidence to go and play well in the Grand Slams.

"For me, winning Grand Slams is more important than being number one. Players are judged on how many they win, that's how good their career is, but if you are winning Grand Slams obviously you are pretty close to number one anyway. For me, I've always set goals for each year. First the top 100, then the top 20, then the top ten. Now it is a Grand Slam.

"If I can do that in the next couple of years then I'll be going for number one."