Murray pushes for Scottish academy
Andy Murray has backed the idea of a national tennis centre in Scotland to encourage promising junior players.
The US Open champion was speaking as thousands of fans turned out to see him on a walkabout in his hometown of Dunblane after his triumph in New York.
Murray visited the club where he had started out as a youngster and said he would like to see national facilities to support tennis in Scotland.
He said a Scottish tennis centre would make a big difference to the sport.
End Quote Andy Murray US Open championIt's a suggestion I will make and we'll see what happens"
Murray, 25, told BBC Scotland: "One of the things that is missing is a focal point for tennis that a lot of the promising juniors can go to practise at and have the best coaching.
"They have it in London but that doesn't always work for everybody.
"People like different environments and I think it would be nice if we could have a quality national tennis centre.
"It doesn't need to cost £40m like the one in Roehampton cost - it will be much, much less than that. But if we could have something like that, I think it would make a big difference.
"It's a suggestion I will make and we'll see what happens.
The moment Murray won the US Open
"I know how difficult things like that can be to pass off and it is a lot of money as well but it would be a nice thing to have and I will support it."
World number three Murray became the UK's first Grand Slam men's singles champion for 76 years when he beat Novak Djokovic in five sets the US Open final at Flushing Meadows last Monday.
This summer he has also won gold and silver at the London 2012 Olympics - in the men's singles and mixed doubles respectively - and been runner-up at Wimbledon.
17 Sep, 2012
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-19617470#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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