Andy Murray and wife Kim expecting their second child but tennis star says it won't distract him from Wimbledon

As Sir Andy Murray won his Wimbledon title last year, his proud grandmother declared his new baby daughter Sophia his “lucky charm”.

This year, Murray can test that theory second time around after confirming his wife Kim is pregnant again, pledging the happy family news will not distract him on the court.

The world number one, and two-time Wimbledon winner, will play his first match on Monday, coming back from a hip problem to defend his title.

The 30-year-old declined to reveal any details about the pregnancy but said the couple, whose daughter Sophia is 17 months old, had known for a while.

Asked whether it would be an “added stress”, he said: "No, I wouldn’t have thought so.

"We're both obviously very happy and looking forward to it.”

Pressed on whether he would be able to stop thinking about his family life long enough to play, he added: “Well, I mean, I’ve had family the whole time I’ve been playing tennis so yeah, I’ll be find dealing with that.

"It's certainly not a distraction in the slightest."

Kim, he said, would be coming to Wimbledon to cheer him on again, adding that the couple had learned she was pregnant “a while ago”.

Murray has previously endured criticism that baby Sophia had knocked his form, with one commentator last year saying he looked “exhausted”.

In April 2016, the proud father hit back, claiming blaming his daughter for losing a match was a “horrible thing to say”, and insisting parenthood was now more important than his career.

He silenced any doubters with his Wimbledon performance, with his grandmother Ellen Murray telling a newspaper: “I think she is his lucky charm. And she’s a beautiful one.”

Murray will play Alexander Bublik, a 20-year-old Russian-turned-Kazakh ranked 134th.

In a press conference, Murray said he felt fit enough to play seven matches after taking two days off training because of a hip problem.

Murray returned to the court on Friday, but looked far from fully recovered and continued to hobble between points during practice sessions over the weekend.

"I'll be fine to play the event and play seven matches,” he said. "Things can happen, obviously, when you're playing. But, if I feel like I am today, I'd be delighted and have no issues getting through.

"If necessary, I can take some anti-inflammatories if my hip flares up. Hopefully that's not the case."

Murray revealed he has suffered with hip problems since he was very young, saying: "It's not something new to me. It's just been very sore the last few weeks.”

This is the latest concern in a difficult season for Murray, who has been unable to carry the momentum from his winning run at the end of 2016 and suffered  a bout of shingles, an elbow injury and two doses of flu.

He only made it to the quarter-finals when he first defended the title in 2014, his worst performance since 2008.

He said: "Obviously I've got a little bit more experience, I'm a bit older now. Hopefully I'm able to deal with things better this time round.

"But, really once you get out there, I don't feel like I'm coming in trying to defend something. I'm going out there trying to win Wimbledon again.”

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