Andy Murray hopes to use 500th win as motivation to taste further success

Andy Murray is hopeful that he can push on from his landmark 500th win on the ATP Tour by claiming further success in the years to come.

The 27-year-old became the first Briton to reach the milestone on Tuesday evening, having edged out Kevin Anderson 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the fourth round of the Miami Open.

Only 46 men have previously hit the 500-victory mark since the Open era began, and Murray was quick to set himself a new target as he prepares to take on Dominic Thiem in the last eight of the tournament.

"I've been through quite a lot of pain on that court in the last few years," he told BBC Sport. "I hope I can use this as motivation to win some more and I hope today's match wasn't the last one.

"There's different ways of judging the success of someone's career, but winning 800-900 matches is something that's happened very rarely and a difficult thing to do - so it gives you something to aim at."

It has taken Murray just under 10 years to reach the impressive tally.