There is an air of quiet pride among the residents of Dunblane, home town to tennis hopeful Andrew Murray.
"We are all very proud of him. He deserves all the success in the world but we are also frightened for him," said a resident, Judith Cook.
For Dunblane, Murray's success is another bandage on the emotional wounds which remain almost 10 years after Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 small children and a teacher in three minutes of carnage at the local school.
Murray, who survived the massacre by taking refuge in the headmaster's office, was knocked out in the third round of Wimbledon by 18th seed David Nalbandian, from Argentina, in a five-set thriller.
Tragedy town proud of tennis hero
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