Andy Murray became the first Brit to win at Queen's in 71 years last week and he now looks set to conquer the most important tennis tournament, Wimbledon.

Despite some questioning his "moody" public image, there are loads of great reasons why the sensational Scot can now justify his latest odds of 5/2 (William Hill) and join the long list of immortal Wimbledon champions.

10 reasons to back Andy Murray:

1. If preparation is the key to success then Murray should be untouchable - While Murray ran rings around his Queen's opponents, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer didn't even set foot on grass in a competitive environment. Queen's and Halle have become favourite warm-up venues over the years and for good reason - will the Big Two's lack of grass court match practice come back to haunt them?

2. Murray didn't win Queen's, he dominated it. The Queen's field wasn't the strongest in history but, as they say, you can only beat what is put in-front of you and Murray did that with aplomb. His serve was strong; his returning was magnificent and he even managed to throw in a bit of flair to go with his usual defensive strategy. It came as no surprise that he didn't drop a single set all tournament.

3. Queen's regularly produces Wimbledon kings, If you just look at the list of past Queen's winners who then went deep into Wimbledon you see the value in a strong warm-up tournament. Since 1999 Pete Sampras, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick and Rafael Nadal have won at Queen's, all of whom either won Wimbledon at some point, or reached multiple finals.

4. Nadal is  knackered and Djokovic's form is a Djoke, Nadal is badly showing signs of wear and tear and as such his price has drifted right out for the world number one and defending champion.

5. Partisan crowd should fill Murray with passion. Every year Britain waits, expectantly, for a hero to emerge and win Wimbledon. We've had Henman Hill, now it's Murray Mound, and, whatever the name, it provides home country players with that little bit extra. If Murray feeds off this then Wimbledon will continue to buzz.

6. Roger Federer, the 11/10 favourite, may not be quite as revered anymore but he's still the most consistent and toughest player on the ATP Tour. His biggest worry though has to be his poor recent form against Scotland's best export. Murray can, and has, beaten Federer with relative ease and you have to fancy him managing it again if the situation arose.

7. Big servers are no match for Murray's returns. Pete Sampras relied on a superb first serve taking him to each and every one of the seven titles he won. Perhaps he can consider himself lucky then that he didn't have Murray to contend with. The Scot's return of serve, especially second serves, are arguably the best around so if the likes of Tsonga, Roddick or Juan Martin del Potro think they can blast their way to success they better think twice.

8. British trait of falling at the last hurdle has passed Murray by. Whether it's the England football team losing out on penalties; Tim Henman's charge being halted by the rain or Lewis Hamilton nearly losing a world championship on the last lap it seems British sport is tainted by nerves of jelly. However, Andy Murray has so far appeared unaffected by this condition as his Queen's triumph showed.

9. French trio are destined to fail. Coming into 2009, popular opinion was that French stars Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon would all be making a real impact towards the top of the world rankings - obviously something has gone wrong. Tsonga has failed to spark into life so far this season while Monfils and Simon have taken a giant step backwards.

10. Finally, if Murray maintains his form then who can stop him? Forget the notion of patriotic punting, if Murray continues in the rich vein of form that has seen him win Masters Series events, move up to number three in the world and reach the French Open quarter-finals then it's hard to see who can beat him. He's in the form of his life; he's a born winner and he has his stern faced mother to answer to if he doesn't succeed, all the essential ingredients are in place for a new British sporting hero to be crowned.

Back Andy Murray to Wimbledon success with William Hill, Murray's latest odds are 5/2.