Tuesday, April 25 2006 10:05 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Barcelona (Spain): British number one Andy Murray has played down his chances of staging an upset against another of the total 21 Spaniards in the field Tuesday n a second-round test at the Barcelona Open.

After barely squeezing past the number 291 from Barcelona in the first round Monday (Apr 24, 2006), the Scot feels his clay-court form is so lacking that he will have no chance against fifth seed David Ferrer.

"It will be tough, I'm not expecting to win," the downcast teenager confessed after a sloppy and lucky escape against Marcel Granollers-Pujol 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

"But as long as I perform as I did today, keep fighting, and then the result of the match is not such a big deal. I just want to keep improving with each match."

The 43rd-ranked Murray, beaten in the first round of his last two events in Miami and at his 2006 clay debut last week in Monte Carlo, was far from pleased after his win.

The outsider was playing a main draw at the ATP level for the first time in his career after spending most of the month on the dirt.

Murray trailed a set and 4-2 before his shots finally began to make a winning impression. After levelling at a set each, he began to impose his game, with the inexperienced Pujol cramping in both legs by the end, a condition which left him unable to do more than slap at the ball with his racket on the way to defeat.