The reason for that was that Murray had very few points to defend in the claycourt season having struggled with injury last year, while Djokovic had many points to defend.

Both players are in the line-up for the Madrid Masters this week.

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A strong performance from Murray there followed by a good French Open at the end of the month could even see him threaten Roger Federer for the number two spot in the world rankings.

World top 20:

1. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 15360 pts

2. Roger Federer (SUI) 10170

3. Andy Murray (GBR) 8990 (+1)

4. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 8920 (-1)

5. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 4720

6. Andy Roddick (USA) 4040

7. Gilles Simon (FRA) 4030 (+1)

8. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 3900 (-1)

9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3455

10. Gau00ebl Monfils (FRA) 3310

11. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 3265

12. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 2945

13. David Ferrer (ESP) 2645 (+1)

14. Marin Cilic (CRO) 2635 (+1)

15. David Nalbandian (ARG) 2455 (+4)

16. James Blake (USA) 2370

17. Tommy Robredo (ESP) 2350 (+1)

18. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 2135 (-5)

19. Radek Stepanek (CZE) 2090 (-2)

20. Marat Safin (RUS) 2015