MURRAY SEARCHES FOR CONSISTENCY

Andy Murray is determined to maintain his consistency as he prepares for another Masters quarter-final on Thursday.

The British number one will take on Fernando Verdasco, who beat him in the fourth round of the Australian Open in January, at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

Murray has been one of the form players this season, winning titles in Doha and Rotterdam, and the defeat by Verdasco in Melbourne is one of only two matches he has lost.

The other came against Rafael Nadal in the final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells two weeks ago and you have to go back to Hamburg last May for the last time he failed to reach the quarter-finals of a Masters event.

Murray said: "Lately I've been finding ways to win when I've not been playing my best. I guess that's all you can do.

"At the end of last year my consistency was great and I've started this year really great. I need to make sure I keep it going in the next few months."

The 21-year-old was never in danger of falling in the fourth round against Victor Troicki yesterday as he cruised through 6-1 6-0 in less than an hour.

It was day when nothing went right for Troicki, particularly on serve, but the world number four was delighted with the way he rammed home his advantage.

"I didn't make a lot of mistakes," Murray continued. "I had a high percentage of first serves and I used my slice well.

"I just kept thinking all the way through the match. Right from the start to get a break early kind of set the tone for the rest of the match. He didn't really recover from that."

Murray is ploughing a lone furrow at the highest level of the game as far as British players are concerned but a sign of better things to come emerged this week when Laura Robson became the world's top-ranked junior.

The Wimbledon girl's champion has already made her debut on the professional circuit and Murray believes the 15-year-old can replicate her success in the senior ranks.

He said: "I think she's very good. I think she will for sure get into the top 50. But after that, you don't know. Anything can happen.

"I know she's had a few problems here and there with injuries because she's been growing a lot, which is normal around that age.

"But, I mean, she's going to be good. It's just you can never say how good someone is going to be. To be number one in the world, I think it's an awesome achievement.

"For sure, in the guys, if you get to number one in the world in the juniors you're going to be a top player pretty much.

"And the girls, if you do it when you're 18 it's not quite the same. She's doing it so young - it shows she's going to be good."

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