Defiant Andy Murray is still confident he can go on a run and win Wimbledon

Andy Murray has brushed off concerns over his poor build-up to Wimbledon by saying he hopes to "go all the way" this year.

Since losing to Roger Federer in the Australian Open Final in January, the British No1 has struggled for form and is without a title in 2010, having claimed an impressive six last year.

Murray's grass-court campaign suffered a poor start last week as the defence of his AEGON Championships title ended with a third-round defeat against Mardy Fish.

That was the world No4's ninth loss in his last 20 matches and he is also dealing with a long-standing knee problem, which forced him to wear strapping on his leg at Queen's.

But for all that Murray insists he is confident for Wimbledon and points to his previous displays at SW19, which have improved each year since reaching the third round on his debut in 2005.

Last year he lost a tight semi-final to Andy Roddick but thinks he could do even better this time.

"I feel good and I'm happy coming to Wimbledon," said the 23-year-old. "I've played well all the years I've played here and hopefully this year I can go on a run — hopefully I will go all the way."

In the run-up to the tournament, which begins on Monday, Murray has been training hard and this afternoon he was set to play an exhibition match against former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt at London's Hurlingham Club.

Yesterday he got a run-out at the All England Club along with world No3 Novak Djokovic. The pair — more suited to playing on Centre Court – battled it out on Court 16 in front of Murray's mother Judy and a few onlookers, after officials gave them permission to test the playing surface.
After being tied at eight games all, the friends played a tie-break to decide the winner — but threw in a wager.

After pondering whether the loser should buy the winner dinner, they decided to make things more interesting and make the coach of the defeated player do 20 press-ups.

But Murray's coach Miles Maclagan seemed less than happy after the 23-year-old Serb came out victorious.

And he even refused to take his punishment, despite the friendly jeering from Djokovic. But Murray said he would not let his coach get out of paying his bet. He added: "We practised and played some games. We had a good match. It was eight all so we played a tie-break. I'm going to make Miles do them [press-ups]."

Tomorrow Murray will discover his first-round opponent for Wimbledon when the draw is made but big-serving Croat Ivo Karlovic today pulled out of the event because of a foot injury.

Meanwhile, James Ward continued his giant‑killing run at the AEGON International to put himself in contention for the Davis Cup tie with Turkey on the same Eastbourne courts.

The Briton overcame a deficit of 270 places in the rankings to beat Germany's Rainer Schuettler 6-3, 7-6, proving that his first-round victory over No2 seed Feliciano Lopez was no fluke.

Ward said: "I've beaten the two big names in the tournament so far but sometimes the lesser-ranked players are harder to beat because they're a little bit hungrier as well."