Jacob Fearnley not obsessing about breaking top 100

Fearnley has not had much interaction with Andy Murray so far in his career, but if the chance came up to work with his fellow Scot now the double Wimbledon champion has retired, he would happily take it.

“Andy’s special,” Fearnley said. “There’s never going to be another Andy Murray. He’s a role model for everyone, including myself.

“Having a player like that to look up to since I was a child has been super valuable in itself. Having that Scottish connection makes it even more special.

“I’m not going to reach out to him – I think that’s a little bit crazy – but obviously if Andy wants anything to do with my tennis, I would snatch up that opportunity.”

Fearnley is encouraged by the progress he feels is being made with tennis in his homeland.

“I grew up in Scotland, and that’s where I trained until I went to America,” said London-based Fearnley.

“It will always be my home and that’s where pretty much my whole family lives.

“Scottish tennis is great. They’ve appointed new coaches and they’re really trying to make a push towards performance tennis and bringing new people up.

“The weather’s pretty harsh. We need indoor courts if we want to produce players. So to see that getting put into place is great. It’s only going to mean good things.”