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Andy Murray must target March Masters events to be world No1, says Mark Petchey

Image: Murray: Has fought back from injury and now has sights set on top spot

Andy Murray has made a great recovery from his back injury.

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Davis Cup
Confidence must be running high in Great Britain's Davis Cup team right now, too. It's been an amazing time for British tennis and the win over USA was special. Leon Smith, the head of men's tennis, deserves a lot of kudos for getting the best out of his players and it was great to see Dan Evans doing so well in Zagreb last week, where he made the semi-finals. Evans has got the talent and it is winning runs like that which really build up confidence. He was lacking at the back end of 2013 so for him to get in the mix so early is a great sign. He's got some big weeks coming up and he'll need to pick his schedule smartly. Perhaps he should play on his best surface and worry about clay later in his career. He should focus on getting in the top 100 and then bigger things can happen. Meanwhile, on the women's side, the GB Fed Cup team suffered a big blow by losing Laura Robson but Heather Watson getting back to winning ways underlines where she's at. It's been a tough time for her and she's maybe lacked some confidence but at some stage hopefully she'll find that bit of extra power or dimension to her game that will catapult her into the top 15. It's an exciting time for the sport in this country, no question.

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