THE perks for winning the US Open have been savoured by Andy Murray but the world No.3 reckons his historic triumph had not been worthy of Britain's ultimate - a knighthood.
Murray hopes to enjoy a dream start to his Australian Open preparation by defending his Brisbane International title this week.
But the Scot's thoughts on Tuesday drifted to last year's US Open, admitting he had soaked up the benefits of ending British tennis' 76-year grand slam curse.
It added to the back slaps he earned a month earlier for winning London Olympic gold.
"A few weeks afterwards around the Olympics time and the US Open, I got a few upgrades on flights and things like that which is nice," a smiling Murray said.
"But that's died down a little bit over the last few months."
The accolades kept coming in the Queen's New Year Honours list in the form of an OBE.
But Murray, 25, seemed bemused by the British media's claim he should have risen with fellow Scot, Tour de France victor Brad Wiggins, as a knight.
"You need to do a lot for a long time to deserve an honour like that," he said.
"I've only been doing it for a couple of years so I think I'll definitely need to win a few more matches and have more tournaments to have a chance of getting that."
Not that Murray warmed to being called "Sir Andy".
"I think with the people around you, I think everyone just kind of stays the same (when knighted) - it'll be people that you don't know that will come up to you and address you as that," he said.
"But I wouldn't want my friends and family to call me like that."
Not much might change if Murray earns a knighthood but the rangy Scot admits his countdown to the Australian Open had after finally claiming his maiden grand slam on his fifth attempt.
"It's a little bit different. I probably just feel a little bit more relaxed maybe the last few weeks than I normally do a few weeks out from a slam," he said.
"I think a lot of people that follow tennis and were sort of general sports fans knew my story a little bit of how long it had been since any British player had won a slam and how many times I had lost in the finals.
"Especially after Wimbledon when I was very upset this year.
"It was very nice for me to finally be able to move on and not worry about that stuff anymore."
But Murray admitted the pressure of winning Wimbledon would always be there.
"I think there will be a lot of pressure again, but I don't think there will be more pressure than what I went through probably during Wimbledon this year, to be honest," he said.
"That was a tough tournament for me.
"I think whatever happens at Wimbledon this year ... I think I'll be able to deal with it better than I have done in the past."
Murray begins his Brisbane International title defence with a second-round clash against Australian qualifier John Millman.
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