Is 2011 finally Andy Murray's year?

After making his senior tour debut in May 2003, Andy Murray has come from young British hope full, to Britain's number one and only hope of becoming Britain's first major winner for generations.

In the last couple of years, Murray has come within a grasp of winning a major event, after being a losing finalist in the 2009 US Open and 2010 Australian Open. He has also come close to being a Wimbledon finalist but has lost in the semi finals in the last two years (2009 and 2010) to Andy Roddick and then Rafa Nadal.

With a new season of Tennis now upon us, beginning in Melbourne with the Australian Open, yet again people are beginning to expect big things from Murray, starting the first major of the year in Australia. Although any major win will be gratefully accepted by Murray, we all know which one he really wants to win, along with every Murray fan, Wimbledon.

Murray breaks down into
tears after 2010 Australian Open
final defeat to Federer

Losing a semi-final in any sport is hard enough, but to lose it twice in consecutive years at Wimbledon would have hurt, therefore his desire and determination this year should be even greater than ever to finally break the duck for a British tennis player, by winning a major title.

 Unfortunately for Murray, if he was around in most other generations, he would probably won a major by now, but sadly for him, he is around in an era that boasts two of the best tennis players two have walked to globe, Rodger Federer and Rafael Nadal. With such players always making the finals or semi finals of major tournaments, it makes Murray's job a lot harder to be able to win a major. However, there is no doubt that Murray is more than capable of beating Federer or Nadal in a final, as he's done it before, but not on the same stage. Is 2011 the year Andy Murray for fills his potential? Lets hope so.