Andy Murray feels vindicated over his decision to miss the French Open His cranky back, which is at its worst on slippery clay, would never have been able to handle a contest of such intensity. Yet Murray believes that the extra two weeks of rest and practice that he has been able to fit in ahead of the Aegon Championships, which start at Queen's Club on Monday, could act in his favour. With any luck, he will be able to produce his best grass-court form. "I'll be short of matches," admitted Murray, who was joined in his training session at Queen's on Friday by his coach, Ivan Lendl. Normally, coming from the clay court I'd be match-tough, just not used to the surface. Whereas this year I won't be match-tight but at least I'll have had 10 days on the grass. The conditions here are perfect. It's a great setting and the centre court is really good so it's perfect preparation. It's also got a lot of history this tournament, so it's a nice one to win and do well at. I'll try to have a good run. Murray beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Queen's final two years ago to claim his second title there. Still, before he can think about lifting more trophies, the first priority must be to prove his fitness. He said it was "a hard decision" to withdraw from the French Open, "but that sort of match [between Djokovic and Nadal] is the reason why I wouldn't be playing. I wouldn't have been able to compete at the level that I wanted to be able to compete at. So what would he have done if the back problem had arrived a fortnight before the start of Wimbledon, rather than a fortnight before Roland Garros? I wouldn't have played. There just wasn't enough time to recover. I wouldn't have wanted to play my first match at the French Open and not been able to play the next one.