ANDY Murray is developing a habit of re-writing the history books but having been crowned king of Queen’s yesterday there is just one more record left to break.

The 22-year-old world number three became the first Brit to lift the trophy at Queen’s since Bunny Austin did so in 1938 and he did it with a resounding 7-5, 6-4 victory over American sixth seed James Blake.

Already this season, Murray has become the first Brit to break into the world’s top three and the first Brit to be top seed at the Queen’s Club – expectation to be the next Brit to win at Wimbledon is skyrocketing.

The British number one brushed aside Blake in straight sets – unsurprising as he had not dropped a set in his previous four matches at the AEGON Championships – to capture his fourth tournament victory of the season.

That moves the fiery Scot ahead of former British number one Tim Henman, who won 11 across his career, and reached the semi-finals at the All England Club on four occasions.

But no male Brit has reached the final at Wimbledon since Austin did so, just weeks after lifting the trophy at Queen’s.

Murray’s best performance in SW19 came in 2008, when he reached the quarter-finals, but having lifted the 12th title of his career, the Scot is convinced he has what it takes to go one better than Austin and make it lucky 13 at Wimbledon.

“I’m playing some of the best tennis of my career,” said Murray. “Some weeks it just goes for me and everything goes right and that’s what happened here. I took my chances extremely well this week and that’s very important on grass.

“The only thing left for me now is to try and get a Grand Slam and hopefully I can do that in the next couple of weeks.

“I don’t think it’s impossible – I go into every tournament with the mentality that I can win the event.

“To get to the quarter finals or the semi finals of a Grand Slam does not mean a terrible tournament but I go in with the mentality that I’m going to win it.

“I’ll have to play my best tennis ever to do it – after all it’s a difficult thing to do.

“That’s why no one in Britain’s done it for such a long time, because it is that difficult.

“A lot of people don’t understand how tough it is. And especially right now with guys like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in front of me in the rankings.”

While Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have won 16 of the last 17 Grand Slams between them – including the last six Wimbledon titles, Murray now has a head start on the duo.

While world number one Nadal rests his troublesome knees – which may yet rule him out of defending his Wimbledon crown – and Federer recovers from the emotional drain of capturing his first French Open title, the Scot has now won five matches on grass.

That will only raise the expectation of the British public, who have had little to cheer since Virginia Wade lifted the crown in 1977.

To find the last male British winner you have to go back to 1936 when Fred Perry got his hands on the trophy for the third and final time.

But again history is on the Scot’s side as four of the last seven players to lift the Queen’s crown have gone on to reach the final at Wimbledon.

And while Murray is convinced he still has his best years ahead of him, the British number one insists he can handle the weight of expectation that has now soared through the roof.

“It’s pretty special to win at Queen’s because there have been some great grass court players from Britain the last 70 odd years.

“There are names like McEnroe, Connors, Roddick, Hewitt, Nadal – a lot of great players and a lot of Wimbledon winners but I’m not one of them, unfortunately. But I’m going to try my best to try and change that.

“I’m not planning on getting caught up in the whole hype and the pressure and because I don’t think that that helps if you do. I’m going to try and just concentrate on playing and winning matches.

“You can let the expectation get to you if you really want to, but I’m just going to play tennis and not worry about the rest of the stuff, because I don’t think it’s good for your game.

“I think I can still get stronger and I’m not yet at my peak so I can’t get carried away just yet.”

After his Queen’s victory he is one of the few Brits that isn’t.

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