Sunday 9th July

I'm hoping for double support when playing with Andy in the US
JAMIE MURRAY

IT'S been strange being away from Wimbledon this week and I have missed it, especially as I was unable to watch Andy play another Centre Court match on Monday. But it has been worth it; my doubles partner Colin Fleming and I have been in Dublin concentrating on our careers and having reached the final (unfortunately we lost in the tie-break), I think it shows we made the right decision.

Playing at Wimbledon last week gave us the motivation to go across there and do well and although it was a bit of a turnaround, having been used to the crowds and the surroundings at Wimbledon for the past few weeks, to go to playing a tournament in front of virtually no-one again, it definitely wasn't difficult to motivate ourselves.

We loved having the opportunity to play at Wimbledon and couldn't wait to get back competing and hopefully accumulating ranking points so that we can get back again next year. That one match at Wimbledon will be our motivation throughout the year because we loved it so much. It is something most people dream of so it was great to get a taste of that at senior level for the first time.

It might have been a bit weird not being at the Championships for the second week but I still managed to catch up with the highlights and watched as much of it as I could from Dublin. And although I will be in Newport, USA, as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal play the men's final, I will hopefully be watching on television. I think I'm like everyone else, I really looking forward to seeing how Nadal does. I know he is World No.2 and a very good player but I never expected him to make the final here. I didn't think grass would be his surface. Just getting there has been a surprise but now I want to see how he does against Federer - it will be intriguing.


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