ANDY MURRAY last night said he still considered himself the weakest link in the chain that connects him to Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

The Scot was responding to comments by John McEnroe who placed him a distant fourth behind the achivements of his closest rivals.

Federer, 35, will this summer be bidding for his eighth Wimbledon title.
And although Djokovic’s form has slumped over the past few months, Nadal is enjoying an Indian summer which saw him triumph at Roland Garros for his tenth French Open.

Murray, currently the world No.1, said: “If you look at the titles and everything those guys have won, I mean, I can’t compare myself to them

“There’s maybe one or two things that I have done that they won’t have but for the most part I would have been fourth.

“But it’s not true of the last year because I’m ranked No 1 in the world. I’ve been better than them for the last 12 months. 

“It’s not true of the last year but in terms of the career as a whole, then if I could swap careers with those guys I obviously would because they’ve won a lot more than me.”

What he wouldn’t swap, though, are his two gold medals, from 2012 and 2016, something that puts him ahead of the rest.

“It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks,” he said. “Everyone’s criteria for judging a player will be different. If it’s purely on grand slams, then my Olympic medals mean nothing to that person but they mean a lot to me.”

None of his rivals and in fact, no one in history, has won the Queens trophy more than Murray, who picked up the trophy for the fifth time 12 months ago.

Having entered the French Open still anxious about his form, with those five wins under his belt, he is more relaxed now as he tries to make the perfect start to the grasscourt season.

“I am happier with where my game is at,” he said. “I am playing better now than I was before the French.”

Murray will begin his title bid here tomorrow against another Brit Aljaz Bedene.

World No.70 Donna Vekic stunned top seed Johanna Konta by coming from behind to win the final of the grass-court Aegon Open in Nottingham.