ANDY MURRAY - RESPECT

Andy Murray has beaten world number one Rafael Naal to get to the US Open Tennis final.

This is a phenomenal result from the brilliant British player who is now ranked as world number 4. I expect I will be glued to a radio tomorrow night as the commentary this evening was surprisingly good, given how difficult it must be to commentate on such a fast and visual sport as tennis.

I don't know what Murray's politics are but I can't help wondering how long it is before either Alex Salmond or Gordon Brown adopt Andy Murray as their 'champion' for either Scotland or Britain. I read in the Independent that superstar Olympic cyclist Chris Hoy has already complained about politicians 'using' him. Wouldn't it be wonderful to think that Andy Murray's spectacular achievement was primarily his and his team's and not that of point scoring politicians?

Fingers crossed for him and for this aspiration.