Heading to Paris, Andy's having his way on clay

Barely two weeks ahead of the French Open, Novak Djokovic on Sunday underlined the growing clay-court threat of Andy Murray after losing to the Scot in the final of the Rome Masters.

Murray, the No 2 seed who lost to Djokovic in last week's Masters final in Madrid, celebrated his 29th birthday in style with a stylish 6-3, 6-3 victory over the Serbian that took just 95 minutes.

It was Murray's first title in Rome and the third clay-court title of his career after victories on the red dirt in Munich and Madrid last year.