ANDY Murray took time out from his Barcelona Open preparations this week to receive an honour at his old stomping ground at the Sanchez-Casal Academy. The World No 1 was a welcome visitor to the tennis school where he spent two seasons from the age of 14 on Monday to receive a tribute from all the current students and staff and inaugurate a court which will bear his name. The Scot, who arrived in Barcelona at the age of 14, forging friendships with the likes of Dani Vallverdu and Carlos Mier which last to this day, paid homage to the role which his time in Catalonia spent in his development. "Barcelona has had a very important meaning in my life," he said. After a first round bye, the Scot - who has Svetlana Kuznetsova and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario for company in the list of Sanchez-Casal's Grand Slam winners - continues his clay court campaign when he takes on Bernard Tomic of Australia in Barcelona today.