From the Guardian:
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/tennis/story/0,,1727574,00.html

Practising at an achingly exclusive country club yesterday in the shadow of rust-coloured San Jacinto mountains, Andy Murray was well aware of his good fortune.

"I'm having a pretty nice life for an 18-year-old," he said. In this southern Californian retirement resort, where the average age is in the 70s, the average temperature is in the 80s and the average driving speed is in the 20s, he has found the perfect place to escape from pressures which will only intensify as Wimbledon draws nearer.

Thankfully, as he prepares for his first Masters Series tournament of the year, the Pacific Life Open which starts today, the Scot can concentrate on trying to progress at one of the nine most important stops on the ATP Tour and leave the worrying until he returns to Europe.

"I think one of the reasons I like it here is that it's much easier to focus on my tennis," said Murray, who has been drawn against a qualifier in his opening match. "In some of the tournaments in Europe and obviously the grand slams I've got quite a lot of people following me and I say it doesn't but I think subconsciously it makes me put a little bit of pressure on myself. I do quite like playing when I'm out the way of everything."

Irrespective of what he does here or in the Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami which follows this tournament, this trip to the United States has been a glorious success. Even though he won his first ATP Tour title in San Jose last month he says he is content for his career to develop at its own pace rather than a schedule dictated by the unrealistic expectations of others.

"My best tennis isn't going to be right now, it's going to be when I get to 21, 22," he said. "As long as my ranking is not going backwards then I'll be happy with everything. Life's pretty good just now.

"If I play like I did in San Jose then my ranking is going to take care of itself. With my ranking, I'm not going to say a specific goal because if I don't make it then everybody's going to be saying, 'What's he doing? He doesn't have a clue what he's talking about'."

Indian Wells has a hefty allocation of ranking points and prize money and is significantly more prestigious than ATP Tour stops such as San Jose, where Murray beat Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt back-to-back on his way to the title.