But just how confident can we be that the 24-year-old is ready to push on? Murray gave himself 8 out of 10 for last night's victory over Ivan Lubicic, so at least he knows there's room for improvement.
True, he faced up to a wobble and recovered well to win, if not convincingly, then at least before the lights went out and took him to a draining second day. But the negative attitude of which he has worked so hard to rid himself was creeping back in with a vice-like grip.
Even while Murray was totally in control of the third set, he was chastising himself for unforced errors, ranting at his entourage and, worse still, displaying a mental weakness.
The anger and the emotion is part of his game but Nadal, Djokovic and Federer will not have seen anything from the Brit to set their boots a quaking.
That said, he is the first of the big four safely through to the last 16 and, should one or two of them suffer any setbacks today, it could give the Scot the confidence to settle down and really find his A game in the later stages.
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