melbourne andy murrays 4511 record in the opening grand slam of the year is a fair reflection of his campaigns here the scot has made five finals but finished on the wrong side of the scoreline each time the world no1 looking for his first win at melbourne park however isnt taking his record or his runins with the no 2 seed novak djokovic to whom he has lost four of those title clashes too seriouslythe 29yearold one of the hardest working players on the tour prefers to dwell on the modern mantra of positive thoughts to reverse the trend i feel pretty confident after the way last season finished i love it here love the conditions ive played really well here over the years just havent managed to get over the final hurdle murray said his countenance mirroring his intent i think im in a decent position to do it i have a chance to win here im playing well practice has been good i feel healthy ill give it a good shotmurray may have the likes of the legendary roger federer lodged in his quarter of the draw and swiss strongman stan wawrinka and japans quiet negotiator kei nishikori in the same half but it is the shadow of djokovic the likelihood of a fifth final against his steellined strokes that hangs over murray like a dark cloud the britons loss to the world no 2 in doha last week his 25th in 36 encounters didnt help five of those reverses have come at the australian open where he also lost an energy sapping semifinal in 2012murray the australian opens topseed who falls back on data when planning his campaigns said his play revolves around movement not just against the top players but against any opponenti feel like my movement and my speed around the court is a very important part of my game murray who opens against ukraines illya marchenko who he beat in the second round six years ago saidthats something that i try to work on all of the timei watch videos to learn about things that i could do better murray said of preparation when playing someone like djokovic there are certain patterns of play that you practice that hopefully will help against certain players then also theres things that are extremely important to your game and what makes your game effective not just against one player but against the whole touran atp statistical study has linked murrays ascension to the top to the amount of time the scot has spent on the court the analysis correlates murrays improvement with the number of hours spent in competition in 2016 the 29yearold spent more time than anyone else in the top10 on the court the world no 1 spent 162 hours on court up from 151 in 2015 the britons average set time in 2015 was 44 minutes and in 2016 when he took over the top spot in the rankings it climbed