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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/britain-behind-murrays-open-bid.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="David Cameron wished Andy Murray good luck ahead of his match against Novak Djokovic" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-britain-behind-murrays-open-bid.jpg" alt="David Cameron wished Andy Murray good luck ahead of his match against Novak Djokovic"/></a></p>
<p>Britain&#8217;s tennis fans will be cheering Andy Murray on today as he steps on court for the match which could net him his first grand slam title.</p>
<p>The Scot is hoping to become the first British man to triumph in one of his sport&#8217;s premier events for 75 years as he takes on third seed Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final.</p>
<p>His supporters are hoping it will be third time lucky for the 23-year-old, who has lost in two grand slam finals before &#8211; the 2008 US Open and last year&#8217;s Australian Open.</p>
<p>Fifth-seed Murray predicted a &#8220;brutal&#8221; match and said he would try to ignore the historical ramifications of a victory and aim to fulfil a personal dream.</p>
<p>Speaking on Saturday, he said: &#8220;It&#8217;s more of a personal goal and personal dream of mine.</p>
<p>&#8220;The historical thing, it&#8217;s not something I have thought about that much but it&#8217;s something that for me personally I want to try to win. I don&#8217;t want to get myself so amped up that I play a stinker of a match.&#8221;</p>
<p>Prime Minister David Cameron, Scotland&#8217;s First Minister Alex Salmond and Scottish Tory leader Annabel Goldie are among those to have sent good luck messages to the sportsman.</p>
<p>Murray&#8217;s grandparents, Roy and Shirley Erskine, are facing a nervous wait in his home town of Dunblane, while the star&#8217;s mother is in Melbourne.</p>
<p>Speaking on Saturday night, Mr Erskine said: &#8220;We don&#8217;t want to predict anything, we just hope he plays well and it would be wonderful if he won. That&#8217;s as much as we can hope for. We&#8217;re hoping that this time tomorrow we will be celebrating.&#8221;</p>
<p>Millions are expected to watch the match on TV after 6.3 million tuned in to last year&#8217;s Australian Open to watch Murray lose to Roger Federer.</p>
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