Andy Murray philosophical over yet another clay court defeat to Tomas Berdych The Scot was beaten by clay-court nemesis Tomas Berdych over two sets last night and, with the French Open a matter of weeks away, his red-surface season has yet to take off. The US Open champion thinks he is headed towards some good form, though. "This week was better than Monte-Carlo, so it's going in the right direction," Murray said in his post-match press conference. Tomas is a very good clay court player, and it was a close match. I had my chances. I think I'm playing okay. Some things I would like to do better, but I did play very well in practice in the build-up to this tournament. I played a lot of sets with a lot of tough players and I played very well. Berdych has now beaten Murray on the three occasions they have played on clay. The French Open starts on May 26. Murray next heads to Rome for the Masters series event which begins on Monday.