After winning the Aegon Championships, British tennis star Andy Murray says that he is ready to achieve something far more significant when Wimbledon starts next week.
"I'm going to Wimbledon with the feeling that I can win the tournament," the Daily Mail quoted him, as saying after a battling 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 victory in the delayed final at London's Queen's Club over powerhouse Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
He added: "I don't think you can go there with any other attitude. I'll need to play my best tennis throughout the tournament to do that, but I'll be switched on for the first match and I'm really looking forward to the next five days in which I can get ready."
After his triumph in 2009, Murray became the first British player to win the main pre-Wimbledon grass court title twice in the modern era, as he defused Tsonga's onslaught over two hours and 25 minutes.
Despite the inevitable pressures that will ratchet up over the next few weeks, Surrey-based Murray pledged it will not alter how he lives his normal life.
He said: "A lot of people think that come Wimbledon you need to conserve your energy, stay in, don't look at the papers, don't watch TV but that's not normal. I won't be doing any different stuff to what I usually do." (ANI)