Cameron Norrie has opened up on the “simple” means of getting Andy Murray to companion up with him in doubles. The British pair will play collectively for the primary time on dwelling soil at Queen’s. And the world No 13 stated it was him who provided Murray an invite to get some further matches in.

Norrie obtained off to a successful begin at Queen’s as he defeated Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4 7-6(5) in his opening match. It means the British No 1 has already exceeded his run from 12 months in the past when he crashed out to Grigor Dimitrov within the opening spherical.

The 27-year-old is hoping to have a powerful grass season after reaching his maiden Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon final yr and has enlisted some particular assist in his quest. Norrie will likely be taking part in doubles with Murray at Queen’s in an effort to get extra time on the floor and decide the brains of the two-time Wimbledon champion.

Asked how their partnership took place, Norrie stated he was the one who reached out. “I just asked him, saying, Do you want to play doubles at Queen's? He said, Yeah, let's do it. It was pretty simple,” he stated.

The pair are anticipated to play their first match collectively on Wednesday, and Norrie nonetheless isn’t positive who's going to be calling the photographs after they workforce up. He added: “I think we will leave it to whoever is serving, who is going to call the serves.

“I'm just going to enjoy it and get another match on the grass and hopefully just pick his brains on a few things. Obviously he's got a lot of confidence at the moment, a good guy to play with.”

But Norrie gained’t be including doubles to his schedule full-time and doesn’t wish to overplay earlier than SW19, all however ruling out an look in Eastbourne subsequent week. “I will play here and there,” he stated of his choice to enter each the singles and doubles attracts at Queen’s.

“I think it's nice to get another match on a new surface, and I always play here at Queen's. Yeah, just to feel the court a little bit and to work on serve and return a bit more, and I get to play with Andy, so I can't complain.”

As for his grass season plans, Norrie stated: “I want to make sure I'm feeling good for Wimbledon, and I've got a couple of matches in Hurlingham as well. So I'm going to do that and stay in London and prepare as well as I can for Wimbledon.”