Murray: I can win Wimbledon

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Andy Murray said he feels he is capable of winning this year's Wimbledon after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final of the Queen's tournament.

Murray, 24, admitted there are a few areas of his game that need improvement but on the back of his run to the French open semi-finals and his 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 triumph over Tsonga on Monday, the Scot is confident ahead of Wimbledon.

"I am going into Wimbledon with the feeling I am going to win - you can't go in with any other attitude," Murray said ahead of the Slam, which begins next Monday.

"I feel I am playing good tennis, (although) I need to work on some things and improve over the next week or so."

"I will need to play my best tennis throughout the tournament and I will be switched on for the first match."

Murray said playing on the hallowed turf at Wimbledon - where he has been a semi-finalist in the past two years - was a special experience, but he said his preparation would be no different from any other event.

"I am really looking forward to getting ready for it, because for me it is one of the most important tournaments of the year, if not the most," Murray said.

"A lot of people think coming up to Wimbledon you have to conserve energy, stay in your house, don't look at the papers or watch TV - but that is not normal."

"You just have to prepare exactly how you would for everything else and that is what I am going to do."

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