Andy Murray insists he will have to forget his recent record against Novak Djokovic when the pair meet in Friday's French Open semifinal.
Murray impressively beat David Ferrer on Wednesday to reach the last four at Roland Garros and is unbeaten on clay this year but has suffered seven straight defeats to the world No.1.
"My job is to forget about what's happened in the past and focus on that match," Murray told the BBC. "I need to come up with the best game plan possible to win against him.
"Obviously he's the best player in the world this year, one of the best players on clay for the last few years as well. It's going to be extremely difficult, I'm aware of that. I have to look at all the positives of the last few weeks and months.
"I'm playing way better tennis than I was this time last year. Physically, I feel much better."
Djokovic became only the second man to beat Rafa Nadal at the French Open in Wednesday's quarterfinals and is currently on a 27-match winning streak. The Serb is aiming to complete a career Grand Slam of his own in Paris.
However, Murray believes his recent good form on clay will stand him in good stead; the Scot, who has yet to taste defeat since marrying Kim Sears, claimed his first two ATP tour titles on clay with successive victories in Munich and Madrid.
The British No.1, who enjoyed his first win over Nadal on the terracotta surface in Spain, has lost to Djokovic three times in 2015 - most notably in the Australian Open final - but has not met the top seed on clay for four years.
"He's obviously played great tennis," Murray said. "His win against Rafa in straight sets is obviously very impressive.
"I think the matches that I played in Madrid and some of the tennis I've played here, it's obviously the best I've played on clay.
"I'd never won against David before, I'd never won against Rafa before, I'd never beaten Kei Nishikori, Milos Raonic. I'll take the confidence of the last few weeks into the match against Novak on Friday."