Murray confident he can live with Wimbledon mania

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2009

LONDON (AFP) — Andy Murray knows that every step he takes towards next week's Wimbledon final will send expectations among Britain's success-starved tennis fans soaring.

But the Scot insists he will not allow that to become a distraction as he chases his goal of becoming the first Briton since Fred Perry in 1936 to win the men's singles title at the All England Club.

The cool way that Murray negotiated a testing first-round match against American Robert Kendrick offered encouragement for his fans, but he is adamant that his thoughts have not drifted beyond Thursday's second round meeting with big-hitting Latvian Ernests Gulbis.

"To get to the final I will have to play great tennis. I've got to win five more matches and they are going to get tougher every round," he...