ANDY MURRAY says he’s ‘pumped’ ahead of facing home favourite Richard Gasquet at Roland Garros on Tuesday.
Murray, 29, defeated American 15th seed John Isner in straight sets on Sunday to book his place in the last eight of the Grand Slam event.
He now faces Gasquet, the only remaining French representative, who made it to his first ever Roland Garros quarter-final by beating fifth seed Kei Nishikori in four sets.
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The number two seed said: “I'm pumped to be in the quarters of a slam. Obviously the atmosphere will be tough but I don't mind that."I've played a number of times against French players here in difficult atmospheres and I managed okay. So I'm sure I'll be fine.
"I feel fine now. Between now and the end of the tournament, it's completely different matches (to Ivo Karlovic and John Isner). A lot more rhythm, longer points, more physical matches.
"So I'll need to change the way I'm playing a little bit and make some adjustments for those matches."
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The Scot also confronted the topic of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this summer, after a number of athletes voiced concerns about the Zika virus outbreak.
"The reason I'm playing there is to try to win medals,” said Murray.
"I know how special that week was for me (at London 2012), so that's why I obviously commit to playing the Olympics. I don't understand why some of the players don't want to play.
"There are different reasons for playing tournaments sometimes and, for me, Davis Cup and Olympics, I'm not playing for ranking points."
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