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RISING BRITISH STAR HITS HIGH NOTES IN AN IMPRESSIVE FIGHTBACK
ANDYMURRAY is in a good place. He strolls across the competitors’ garden at the Al l England Club, every bit a man at ease with these extravagant environs. He has grabbed a quick lunch (fitness trainer Matt Little was spotted transporting three trays of sushi in his direction), ditched the suit jacket, and now wears a slightly incongruous grey T-shirt to accompany his suit trousers and brown brogues. His AELTC members’ badge, worn for the very first time as he was presented in the royal box yesterday, is gone too: but then he doesn’t need a laminated credential to display that this corner of southwest London has effectively become his manor.
The 26-year-old – who practised again yesterday with young Brit- ish player Kyle Edmund – is close to celebrating his anniversary as a member of the most exclusive club this side of the Bullingdon, giving him the inside track on the workings of the venue. The contours of his own mind have also been charted: psychologist Alexis Castorri is on the end of a telephone line but has not been required since last year’s Wimbledon final defeat.
“This is probably my eighth time here and you start to feel more comfortable,” said Murray. “I have also been a member for around a year now – even if that was the first time I have worn the badge. You have your own locker during the year, you come here for lunch sometimes. All the people who work in the locker rooms, you see them every single day.”
“The first few days of the tournament are still tough, quite stressful, you are quite anxious to get out there on court,” he added. “But Friday [the Scot’s third-round win