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Colin and Jamie Murray have been awarded a wildcard into the doubles main draw for Wimbledon which begins on Wednesday June 28th. Speaking to "The Scotsman" after hearing the news, Colin said: "Playing Wimbledon is not just the realisation of this season's tennis goal, rather it is the fulfilment of a lifelong dream. The first time any tennis player picks up a racket the idea of reaching Wimbledon springs to mind. Now I am almost there and the feeling is extra rewarding because, as a junior, I missed out on the under-18 singles event. After a fortnight's intensive training at Stirling I travelled down to London two and a half weeks ago and to reach my tennis base at Southfields means passing the gates of Wimbledon every day. That has been my inspiration quite apart from having faith in a new coach, Louis Cayer." Cayer was contacted by Jamie's mum, Judy Murray who asked him if he would help coach the Scottish pair. He has excellent credentials having coached the Canadians Daniel Nestor and Sebastien Lareau to the Olympic title in 2000. Colin feels that things are progressing well with the new arrangement, saying "To some extent it has been a crash course Jamie and I have undertaken with Louis but things are working out well. A measure of our progress is the fact that in losing (4-6, 5-7) to the accomplished American pairing of Mardy Fish and Jeff Morrison at Surbiton's tournament last week we left the court disappointed given it was so tight. If we can be down at the fact that tie got away then hopefully it won't be long before Louis' guidance is seen to pay dividends. Judy Murray realised we had reached the stage of being able to benefit from specialised advice which is where Louis' achievements speak for themselves. Key advice has included taking steps to ensure we get more first serves in court and hopefully things can develop well. The fact that Louis is engaged to an English girl and looks to remain in Britain should work to mutual advantage and so far as taking his approach into Wimbledon is concerned there will be everything to gain at this stage and nothing to lose."
To read the full Scotsman article go to: http://sport.scotsman.com/tennis.cfm?id=879912006