Murray handed Wimbledon wildcard

Murray sees off Ventura

Andrew Murray was one of nine Britons to get a wildcard for Wimbledon, just hours after recording his first ATP Tour win at Queen's Club.

The 18-year-old Scot, who beat Santiago Ventura on Monday, will be joined by Josh Goodall, Alan Mackin, Jonathan Marray and David Sherwood.

Elena Baltacha, Amanda Janes, Anne Keothavong and Katie O'Brien were the British women handed wildcards.

Other wildcards went to Cara Black, Jelena Dokic and Mark Philippoussis.

Three more women and two more men will be announced later.

I try to block out the pressure but it's always going to be there Andrew Murray

Speaking at Queen's Club before the announcement was made, baseliner Murray insisted he could be successful on grass.

"I don't play badly on grass, it's just not my favourite surface," Murray told BBC Sport. "I play well on all of them.

"If I'm not playing against the best grass-court players I can do well when I'm playing the baseliners."

He added: "I think it's fair that there's a lot of expectation because after Tim (Henman) and Greg (Rusedski) there's not so many players coming through.

"I try to block out the pressure but it's always going to be there and hopefully one day I can get to do what Tim and Greg have done."