Scottish sporting icon Murray, 34 – a two-time Wimbledon champion, US Open winner and double Olympic gold medallist – is taking the showdown at P&J Dwell critically.
Forward of the workforce occasion on December 21 and 22, he instructed the Press and Journal: “I’m fairly aggressive – actually in relation to my tennis. It could be good to win up in Scotland earlier than the brand new 12 months.
Sir Andy Murray is set to finish 2021 with victory on the Schroders Battle of the Brits – Scotland v England tennis spectacular in Aberdeen.
“We by no means play England-Scotland, so it’ll be good enjoyable.”
Murray reckons Crew Scotland – which incorporates his a number of Grand Slam doubles champion brother Jamie, who can also be match director, and British primary Cameron Norrie – are going into Battle of the Brits – Scotland v England as marginal favourites.
He stated: “By way of the primary gamers on every workforce, Cam has an excellent document towards Dan Evans just lately, I’ve by no means performed towards Jack Draper earlier than, and the doubles is clearly tight.
“England have gotten a great doubles workforce. Joe Salisbury has been among the best doubles gamers on this planet this 12 months and gained the US Open doubles, beating Jamie within the last. He’s achieved very well.
“It ought to be fairly tight by way of the scorelines and stuff and the matches, which is clearly what we would like.
“And there’ll clearly be a variety of chat, trash speak and stuff compared to what you’d see on the primary Tour, as everybody on the groups are fairly good mates and fairly shut, but in addition very aggressive.
“It ought to be good enjoyable in that respect.”
Murray is taken into account by many to be Scotland’s best ever sportsperson.
Nonetheless, the shortage of ATP Tour occasions in his homeland means it has been troublesome for followers to look at his matches within the flesh.
He’s relishing this opportunity to expertise a uniquely Scottish environment as soon as extra, saying: “We don’t get the possibility to do it a lot, however, when now we have achieved, we’ve had some wonderful matches, atmospheres.
“In the course of the Davis Cup (in Glasgow), it’s been unbelievable, particularly the matches the place I received to play with Jamie, with all of our household within the crowd as properly. That’s been actually cool.
“Additionally, once I performed with Federer within the occasion (in a charity exhibition match on the Hydro in 2017), it was good as properly.
