Jacob Fearnley puts up a fight against Novak Djokovic after Andy Murray advice

British number 13 Jacob Fearnley was grateful to receive pre-match pointers from Andy Murray before he pushed Novak Djokovic in a high-quality second-round defeat to the seven-time Wimbledon champion.

The Edinburgh-born right-hander followed in the footsteps of Murray by taking on Djokovic on Centre Court to continue his dream debut week at the Championships.

While Fearnley bowed out after a 6-3 6-4 5-7 7-5 loss, the 22-year-old made the most of the occasion with 42 winners to give the home crowd plenty to shout about and was helped by words of wisdom from Murray.

Fearnley said: “I haven’t spoken to Andy, but I know that he said some words to Mark Hilton, who is working with Andy and he is working quite closely with me.

“He gave Mark some points to give to me, which was nice. The stuff he said actually helped a lot. Not unsurprisingly because he’s played him so many times. That was really nice of him.

“I don’t know if he watched it, but yeah, it was awesome that he was even thinking about the match. It was really cool.”

It had been a whirlwind month for Fearnley after he finished his five-year stint at Texas Christian University in May before he won an ATP Challenger Tour event in Nottingham as a qualifier last month.

Novak Djokovic and Jacob Fearnley combined to create a Centre Court classic