ANDY is far away, honing his game for the hard courts of the USA, writes Stewart Fisher, but the Murray clan continues to set the standard for Scotland at SW19.

Big brother Jamie and his partner Bruno Soares of Brazil are through to the third round of the men’s doubles without facing a break point, let alone dropping a set, after the No 5 seeds made light work of yesterday’s second-round meeting with Australia’s Matthew Ebden and Taylor Fritz of USA. With little more than an hour's rest, the elder Murray sibling was back out on the same court, marching into the second round of the mixed doubles with Viktoria Azarenka by completing their 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4 win against Roman Jebavy and Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic.

This 7-5, 6-3, 6-1 win sees the draw opening up for Murray and Soares. With British duo Ken and Neil Skupski standing between them and a quarter final place in a tournament Jamie has never won, the path in front of them potentially cleared a little when much-vaunted French duo Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut bit the dust against Philipp Petzschner and Tim Puetz. “We have played some really consistent tennis through the two rounds,” said Soares. “We are serving well, we haven’t faced a break point yet against some good singles players who return very well. Especially in this heat it is good to spend as little time out there as possible, to conserve energy.”

The schedulers aren’t doing Jamie too much in the way of favours this year, especially as he plays with heavy strapping against the knee injury which has frustrated him for most of the season. “The good thing is there are no matches tomorrow, so he can rest and recover for Monday,” he added. “Jamie hasn’t complained about his knee in the last one and a half two months, so I think it is just a protection, a precaution.”

Two Scottish teenagers, Jacob Fearnley and Connor Thomson, got their first taste of competing at Wimbledon yesterday, even if neither were able to sample success. Fearnley, a 16-year-old from Edinburgh, said nerves had affected his ball toss as he went down 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3 to Daniel Michalksi of Poland, but still professed himself happy with an experience at SW19 this week which included hitting no fewer than three times with Roger Federer.

“Obviously I am disappointed I couldn’t go further but it is all a learning experience,” said Fearnley. “I have kind of got the yips, a nervous thing. What will I take most from hitting with Roger? How loose and relaxed he was. When I get uptight I play bad, but he is always relaxed and he is doing quite well.”

Thomson, a 17-year-old from Paisley, admitted to first night nerves too. While he would loved to have detained his Chinese opponent Tao Mu further than 57 minutes, he still regarded his maiden appearance in a junior slam as a win, not least because he still has another year at this level.

“If I had been a wee bit more calm on court today I think I would have done a little bit better,” said Thomson. “I got a bit tight out there but even though I lost I still think I got a win - to play my first junior slam. My mum and dad got the 4.30am train from Glasgow this morning.” The two youngsters will play doubles together on Tuesday with Aidan McHugh in action tomorrow.