After lifting the ATP Madrid Open trophy, Andy Murray said he is benefiting from a settled personal life, fresh from his marriage to long-time partner Kim Sears.

The pair were wed last month in Murray's home town of Dunblane, and the Scot has been in fine form since.

Murray tasted glory in the Munich Open earlier this week to take his first clay-court title, and on Sunday he put in an even more impressive performance to topple home favourite and defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2 in the Masters 1000 event in Madrid.

The world number three appeared to play with his wedding ring attached to his left shoe and, following his maiden victory over Nadal on clay, wrote 'Marriage works' on a nearby camera screen.

"I've always said if the personal stuff is happy and under control that helps your performance on the court," Murray told Sky Sports.

"But I also feel healthy this year and I have trained well, I'm in much better shape on the clay than I have been for a number of years.

"I played a good match. I made very few errors and changed the height of the ball extremely well, which was part of the reason why he was mistiming a few shots.

"I used the second serve into the forehand a lot and that worked well because I was able to get him moving. I dealt with all of the nervy moments I had in the match pretty well."

Murray's victories in Munich and Madrid have raised hopes of a challenge at the French Open, which gets under way later this month.

"I have played well at Roland Garros in the past," said Murray, who has never reached the final in Paris. "Last year my game was not ready to win, whereas the previous time against Rafa there I played well.

"I don't think I would go into the French as one of the favourites but if I play like that I'll give myself an opportunity."