ANDY Murray is developing a habit of re-writing the history books but having been crowned king of Queen’s yesterday there is just one more record left to break.

The 22-year-old world number three became the first Brit to lift the trophy at Queen’s since Bunny Austin did so in 1938 with a resounding 7-5, 6-4 victory over American sixth seed James Blake.

In 2009 Murray has become the first Brit to break into the world’s top three and the first Brit to be top seed at the Queen’s Club - expectation to be the first Brit to win at Wimbledon is sky-rocketing.

The British number one brushed aside Blake in straight sets – unsurprising as he had not dropped a set in his previous four matches at the AEGON Championships – to capture his fourth tournament victory of the season.

Murray’s best performance in SW19 came in 2008, when he reached the quarter-finals, but having lifted the 12th title of his career, the Scot is convinced he has what it takes to go one better than Austin at Wimbledon next week.

"I'm playing some of the best tennis of my career," said Murray. "Some weeks it just goes for me and everything goes right and that's what happened here. I took my chances extremely well this week and that's very important on grass.

"The only thing left for me now is to try and get a Grand Slam and hopefully I can do that in the next couple of weeks.

“I don't think it's impossible - I go into every tournament with the mentality that I can win the event.

“To get to the quarter finals or the semi finals of a Grand Slam does not mean a terrible tournament but I go in with the mentality that I'm going to win it.

“I'll have to play my best tennis ever to do it – after all it’s a difficult thing to do.
“That's why no one in Britain's done it for such a long time, because it is that difficult. A lot of people don't understand how tough it is.”

To find the last male British winner at Wimbledon you have to go back to 1936 when Fred Perry got his hands on the trophy for the third and final time.

And while Murray is convinced he still has his best years ahead of him, the British number insists he can handle the weight of expectation that has now soared through the roof.

“It’s pretty special to win at Queen’s because there have been some great grass court players from Britain the last 70 odd years. 

“There are names like McEnroe, Connors Roddick, Hewitt, Nadal a lot of great players and a lot of Wimbledon winners but I'm not one of them, unfortunately.  But I'm going to try my best to try and change that.

“I'm not planning on getting caught up in the whole hype and the pressure and because I don't think that that helps if you do.  I'm going to try and just concentrate on playing and winning matches.

 “I think I can still get stronger and I’m not yet at my peak so I can’t get carried away just yet.”