"He's a visionary but his approach is very practical, " says long-time friend Simon Murray, head of Asian operations of Deutsche Bank.

CNN: HANGING ON AT HOPEWELL

Jefferies signed up Simon Ford, Grant Murray, Tim Clancy and Aime Koudou earlier in the week.

BBC: Locke joined Kilmarnock from Bradford City in August 2002

Murray and Simon have met twice before, both times on clay, with the Frenchman victorious in three sets in Rome last year but Murray winning in straight sets in Hamburg earlier this year.

BBC: Murray gains revenge over Federer

The GB men, who have been in superb form in their pool games, were tied at 51-51 with the US going into the final 10 minutes of the match with Simon Brown and Ghaz Choudhry impressing for Murray Treseder's home side.

BBC: GB wheelchair basketball sides claim wins at Worlds

Murray's path through the draw could potentially take in Hajek, Gilles Simon, Sam Querrey, Fernando Verdasco, Nadal and Federer.

BBC: Andy Murray to play Czech Jan Hajek in Wimbledon opener