Andy Murray says that he can now cope with the physical demands of a grand slam after a period of intense training.
World number three well equipped for Wimbledon demands
Wimbledon hopeful Andy Murray thinks that an intense training schedule has been the secret to his rise up the world rankings.
After suffering a Centre Court defeat at the hands of Rafael Nadal last year, the 22-year-old travelled to Florida in a bid to improve his fitness.
Shortly afterwards, he reached his first grand slam final, losing out to Roger Federer but not before avenging his defeat to Nadal at the US Open.
Murray has carried the momentum into this season, climbing to number three in the world rankings and recently becoming the first British winner of Queen's in 71 years.
"When my game kicked on, I started to improve big time since Wimbledon last year and I learned that I was in much better shape but needed to get even stronger to be able to play back-to-back five-set matches over the whole tournament," he said.
"After Wimbledon last year, I went to train in Miami for three or four weeks and that is pretty tough weather to train in around this time of year.
Belief
"That made a difference going into the hard court stretch and I made my first slam final. I have that belief that I can play the whole of the slams now.
"I would love to win Wimbledon one day, there is no question about that, but I try not to think about it too much."
Murray's win at the AEGON Championships served as perfect preparation for the world's most prestigious grass court tournament.
Wimbledon's third seed says the result has given him a lot of confidence heading into his home grand slam.
"It is good for confidence any time you win tournaments. To win your first event on grass is nice - I had never made a final on grass," Murray added.
"Tim (Henman) was a great grass-court player but there are so few tournaments on it. It was probably his best surface but he never won one.
"It is a tough thing to do because you are only playing one or two tournaments on grass a year and all of the best players normally play."
