Murray relishing Wimbledon warm-up

Andy Murray hopes a successful defence of his AEGON Championships crown at Queen's will help him end Britain's long wait for a Wimbledon champion next month.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have faced each other in the last four grand slam finals, and Murray's chances of winning his home tournament seem bleak after he exited the French Open last week at the last eight stage, although he was troubled by a back injury.

But the Scot remains confident he can buck the trend and win Wimbledon this year, saying: "I've always liked to go in to a grand slam having played a couple of matches on the surface. That's why it's good for me to play here at Queen's I've won Queen's and I have always enjoyed playing here."

He went on: "I like the surface, the courts here are pretty much perfect grass courts and I have great memories from here.

"I won my very first ATP match here when I was 18 and since then I've just really enjoyed coming back and I've got great results here."

Djokovic and Nadal's exhibition of top-drawer tennis at the French Open final over the last 24 hours will do little to suggest their monopoly on the game is about to end, but Murray has warned the duo not to expect to walk Wimbledon because of their exploits in Paris.

"You'll very rarely see someone make the French finals and then win on grass the next week," said Murray, who has won at Queen's twice in the last three years.

"It's a hard thing to do and it takes a bit of time.

"The surface change is hard. You try to go in to every tournament with the mentality of winning it, otherwise there's not much point in being there.

"You try and take each match as it comes but changing surfaces is not that easy."