JUDY MURRAY says son Andy will relish the test of being world No 1.
Which is just as well, as he has been given the toughest possible draw for next week’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at London’s O2.
Murray will take on US Open champion Stan Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic in the round-robin stage.
The Scot, 29, has lost only three matches in his incredible run since his French Open final defeat, which has carried him to the top of the world.
But two were against Nishikori, in the US Open quarter-finals, and Cilic, in Cincinnati.
Murray has also lost three of his last four with Wawrinka, the exception being their French Open semi-final.
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As the new world No 1, the Wimbledon and Olympic champ is there to be shot at.
And mum Judy told talkSPORT: “It’s great to get there, then there’s the pressure of being there and trying to stay there.
“I’m sure he’ll relish that. He’s always been at his strongest when he feels he has a point to prove.”
To end 2016 as No 1, Murray needs to match or better the efforts of the man he deposed, reigning O2 champ Novak Djokovic.
And Muzza said: “It would be nice to win in London but I’ve never really played well there.”
His first game is Monday night against Cilic.
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