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Couch to Centre Court - Fearnley eyes Djokovic shock

A week before his 12th birthday, Jacob Fearnley sat on the sofa at home in Edinburgh, gripped by television coverage of the 2013 Wimbledon final.

The aspiring tennis player watched Scottish hero Andy Murray end Britain's 77-year wait for a men's singles champion - a huge moment of national sporting significance.

"I was glued to the couch. I didn't move," Fearnley recalls.

Now, 11 years later, Fearnley is preparing to step out on to Centre Court just as Murray did and face the same opponent - Novak Djokovic.

Fearnley, 22, was ranked outside of the world's top 500 a little more than a month ago.