Andy Murray proud to extend grand slam quarter-final run in Paris

Andy Murray spoke of his pride at extending his streak of reaching grand slam quarter-finals to 17 after beating Jeremy Chardy at Roland Garros on Monday.

The world number three has reached the last eight in every slam he has played in since the 2011 Australian Open, going on to win the 2012 US Open and Wimbledon the following year.

Murray sealed his latest appearance with his "best match in this tournament so far" against Chardy, the third seed winning 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2 to set up a clash with David Ferrer.

"I don't think there are loads of players who have done that [reached so many consecutive quarter-finals]," he said.

"In comparison [to Roger Federer] it's nothing, but in terms of the history of the game there's not loads of players who have been that consistent so that"s something I look at am very proud of.

"I'm glad able to maintain that consistency even when I've had some tough periods with the injuries and the back."

The 28-year-old will now meet Ferrer for the first time this year looking for a third consecutive win over the Spaniard, but he knows the clay-court specialist will be tough to beat.

Murray added: "It's going to be a tough match as he is one of the best players in the world, and for sure on this surface.

"I am going to have to work extremely hard, be very patient and dictate the play as much as I can.

"I feel have better understanding of how I need to play on this surface than back then [in 2012, when they last met at Roland Garros and Ferrer won in four sets], but David is a fantastic player on all of the surfaces and here he has had his best results out of all of the majors.

"It will be a big test for me."