Tennis is booming in Scotland thanks to Murray

Andy Murray has inspired may after his fantastic 2016.

The world no.1 has mesmerized his fans and countrymen to boost his sport in Scotland.

Incredible numbers

Blane Dodds, the Tennis Scotland Chairman, dishes some surprising numbers

“The Murray factor has had an impact for years. Membership has grown from 30,000 in 2007 to 54,000 currently, but we think there’s still an opportunity for a massive step change.

We still have capacity issues; we still have to turn people away from competitions, believe it or not, because we don’t have the capacity in terms of courts.

With 112 indoor courts, we have one court for every 48,000 people in the country; that’s worse than the rest of the UK, which is one for every 26,000 people, and in turn, that’s worse than Serbia, Germany, Holland, France, and Switzerland.”

For this reason, Tennis Scotland will invest £15 million to double the number of the indoor courts from112.

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