The Dunblane player came to the French capital on the back of title wins in Madrid and St Petersburg, and has already made it through to the third round at Bercy thanks to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over American Sam Querrey last night. Now Spaniard Fernando Verdasco is in his sights today.

The season is almost over for the Scot, who still has the Masters Cup in Shanghai to look forward to next month but, while some players are pining for their holidays, Murray is busy collecting trophies and winner's pay cheques.

He is showing few signs of fatigue and here in Paris, just like he did in St Petersburg throughout last week, he managed to race to victory with the minimum of fuss and in no time at all. That, in his opinion, is one of the contributing factors to his recent run of success.

"The only match that was over an hour and 15 minutes (in St Petersburg] was my quarter-final against Janko Tipsarevic, so it's not like these matches have been taking loads out of me," he said.

"The semis and the final were so fast. So it's more the continuous thing of having to play every single day and having a day of travel, and having just one day's rest in between (tournaments]. It's not the matches that have been taking a whole lot out of me."

Murray's reward for beating Querrey is a last-16 clash with Verdasco, the 15th seed, on Court One this afternoon.

Murray holds the Indian sign over Verdasco, having beaten the 24-year-old on each of the four occasions they have met.

Their most recent match came last week, with Murray winning 6-0, 6-3 in the semi-finals in St Petersburg.

He will take a 13-match winning streak into the encounter, having not lost since his US Open final defeat by Roger Federer in early September.

If Murray plays anything like he did against Querrey, Verdasco will be in trouble.

After going a break down in his first service game, he reeled off six straight games to take a grip on proceedings and showed more flashes of brilliance in the second set, including one outrageous flicked backhand.

"I thought it was good, considering I had only really had 40 minutes of practice on that court," said Murray, who flew into Paris on Monday. "I thought I played well, neutralised his biggest strength (Querrey's serve] early on in the match and then got ahead early in the second."