Judy Murray’s American dream for Scots tennis

By Martin Graham

JUDY Murray says Scotland must adopt America’s “tennis culture” if anyone is to follow in her son Andy’s footsteps.

She helped give out 7,500 mini tennis kits to school children in Edinburgh today.

But the 50 year-old coach fears efforts to teach children tennis skills could be a waste of time because the country is lacking in facilities.

Speaking ahead of Monday’s Wimbledon curtain-raiser, Judy told how her sporting sons Andy and Jamie caught the tennis bug as youngsters on a trip to America.

Scots tennis star hit by recession

By Cara Sulieman

A FUTURE Scots tennis star tipped for success by Tim Henman and Andy Murray’s mum could see her career stall – after the recession left her dad redundant.

Emma Devine’s father Kenneth has lost his job, meaning her parents won’t be able to pay for her expensive training regime any longer.

Kenneth and wife Kathy Devine have been coughing up the £35,000 annual bill for Emma to attend the Justine Henin tennis camp in Belgium where she is trained by Carlos Rodriguez.

But now they face pulling her out of the camp for financial reasons – damaging the 14-year-old’s future in the sport.