Tennis ace Andy Murray credited his wife Kim Sears over his huge victory against Rafael Nadal during the recent Madrid Masters final.

His victory over the Spaniard was made even sweeter because it's the first time he won over Rafael Nadal on the clay.

"It (marriage) has been nice and a lot of people have spoken about the honeymoon period," he told The Belfast Telegraph. "But we've been together a very long time and getting married was the next step.

Andy Murray and Kim Sears got married in April and the tennis ace wore a traditional Scottish men's taltan costume they exchanged vows in Dunblane Cathedral.

"He sported a blue and green kilt while Sussex-born Ms Sears wore an embroidered white gown with three-quarter-length sleeves and a long veil," BBC said.

After the formal wedding ceremony, Andy Murray and wife Kim Sears-along with family and close friends-made their way to the Cromlix hotel, which the world's no. 3 bought and refurbished in 2013 to become a luxury hotel.

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

"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," Andy Murray said of his victory over the "King of Clay," Rafael Nadal.

Daily Mail noted that Andy Murray was so pumped over his victory against Rafael Nadal that he had to pull a cute stunt that gave full credit to Kim Sears.

"Having stormed to the Madrid Open Masters title with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Nadal, Murray signed the on-court camera with his message 'marriage works,'" the article said. "It's clearly put Murray in the right mindset because on Monday he became the first Brit to land a clay title since 1976 by winning the Munich Open in a three-hour battle with Philipp Kohlschreiber."