JAMIE Baker has never played against Andy Roddick before, but luckily for him, he does know a man who has.

A man who, one demoralising 2009 Wimbledon semi-final apart, tends to beat the American when they meet. The 25-year-old Glaswegian has spent more time in the company of his childhood pal and occasional practice partner Andy Murray in the last eight months than he has done for years. Indeed the pair, who spent a gruelling three-week training block together out in Miami before Christmas, were back hitting together at Aorangi Park, Wimbledon, on Friday morning.

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