Murray wants better days on clay

Andy Murray wants to reverse his clay court form against Stanislas Wawrinka, starting in Monte Carlo.

The US Open champion and world number two started his season on the red surface against Eduoard Roger-Vasselin on Wednesday, securing a two-set second-round win at the Monte Carlo Masters.

His next assignment is a meeting with Wawrinka, although the omens are not the best seeing as he has lost his two clay meetings against the Swiss in the past. "It's a very tough match," Murray told Sky Sports 1.

"He has played some great tennis this year and when his game is on he's a tough player to beat. He likes this surface and I have lost to him on it in the past.

"It will be a good match and a chance to see where my game is at."

The second seed needed just an hour and 12 minutes to get over the line on Wednesday, winning 6-1 6-4 against an overwhelmed French opponent.

"I got to 4-0 early on which helped," Murray added. "I think he was a bit nervous, didn't move that well at the beginning and then he started to play better.

"He was getting a lot of balls back and I tried to attack as much as I could. It's a positive and good start."

Murray is seeded above Rafael Nadal at the tournament, despite the Spaniard going for a ninth successive title.

Nadal was a winner over Marinko Matosevic, while world number one Novak Djokovic shrugged off some poor early form to beat Mikhail Youzhny.