Barcelona — World No1 Andy Murray this week returns to the Barcelona clay courts that launched his career as he puts in some overtime ahead of the French Open.Murray, who played and lost his first professional match as a 17-year-old at the tournament in 2005, against Jan Hernych, took a late entry into the Barcelona Open after an early defeat to Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas in Monte Carlo last week.While giving him some crucial match time on a surface he has grown to love, it also offers the 29-year-old the chance to consolidate his position at the top of the ATP rankings.Murray accumulated heaps of ranking points during 2016’s clay-court swing, winning the Rome Masters and reaching the French Open final, where he lost to Novak Djokovic.With those points to defend and the effects of an elbow injury still lingering, Murray knows the pressure is on to keep the No1 ranking."I hope to stay there for a long time, but it’s hard," Murray, who spent two years at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in...
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