Andy Murray believes the men's field is in fine form going into the French Open.
No players on tour have dominated leading up to the season’s second Slam. Murray, though, is coming off the best European clay run of his career. He won the Rome Masters, reached the final of the Madrid Open and reached the semifinals in Monte Carlo.
The other Masters events this season were won by Novak Djokovic (three) and Rafael Nadal, with Kei Nishikori taking Djokovic to three sets in a high-quality semifinal in Rome.
Stan Wawrinka is the defending French Open champion, but similar to a year ago, he has not consistently performed well in the warm-up events.
"A lot of guys here are playing really well,” Murray told the French Open website. “Rafa's been playing well these few weeks. Novak, obviously, every week he's playing fantastic ... Nishikori has had a good run on clay, [and] Stan's obviously coming in as defending champion, too."
World No. 3 Roger Federer withdrew from the event on Thursday.
Murray, a defending semifinalist, is currently in Paris and is training on the clay courts. He is attempting to adjust to the conditions before starting the tournament as one of the favorites for the first time.
"There's a lot of guys coming back [who are] feeling good about their chances," he said. "I hope I can have a good run and do some good work the next few days to get ready."
Murray will be the No. 2 seed at the French Open.