Myself and Mark Petchey got off to a winning start in the over-35 men's doubles event with a 6-4, 6-4 win over David Wheaton and TJ Middleton.

And we did it on court two – the place that's infamous for seeing the big names crash out there.

It's done for me in the past as well. I hadn't crossed my mind until we walked off, but the last time I played there I lost to Wayne Ferreira back in 1996.

I'm not suggesting that myself and Mark are quite worthy of big-name status, but we played pretty well considering the last time we played together was this time last year.

We got a break up early in the first set and then we got another one midway through the second set.

It was perhaps a bit easier than we thought it might be, but we make a decent combination.

Mark has a big serve and my strength is my returns of serve, so we work well together.

We will have tougher games than that one – not least against Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis who got to the final last year.

We knew we had a chance of winning our first game, but the next two are much tougher.

After Eltingh and Haarhuis, we've got Pat Cash and my old foe Ferreira.
I'd imagine the second game of our over-35 doubles competition may not be the major talking point of Wednesday's action, though.

Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal will be the talk of Wimbledon regardless of the result.

If it's anything like his game with Richard Gasquet, it will be remarkable viewing.

I think Murray's reputation has been enhanced massively and it will not be affected if he goes out in the quarter-final.

If nothing else, he has done his public image no harm at all with the way he played against Gasquet.

But he has also shown how much his fitness has improved with the way he got stronger and stronger as the match went on.

And he also has the ability and confidence to challenge the top players in the world now.

He may not have believed that in the past, but he should now.

He may not smile as much as some people would like, but he looked like he really thrived on that incredible centre-court support.

And he's got that winning mentality and a spirit that shows he can come back when he looks down and out.

I honestly believe he has the ability to win a Grand Slam title – maybe not this year, but he certainly has the potential to do it in the future.