Andy Murray's wife Kim has given birth to a baby girl.
The new addition to the Murray family was born on Sunday night.
Confirming news of the baby's birth, Murray's agent said: "Andy and Kim had a daughter in the early hours of Sunday morning and the family are doing well."
Andy's grandmother Shirley Erskine told the BBC she was thrilled at the arrival of the new addition to the family and said the family had not known what sex the baby was going to be.
She told BBC Scotland: "Andy and Kim said from the outset that they didn't want to know, so I'm assuming that they didn't know and of course none of us knew, so it was nice to get a little surprise like that."
Mrs Erskine, Judy's mother, said she received a text message from Andy telling her about the birth.
"Andy had sent a text round all the family - one of these multi media type texts - and then I got a text from him saying something about 'she's doing well' and I thought 'oh something's happened'," she told the broadcaster.
She said there was no name yet for the baby but that she was "doing well", and voiced hope the couple would head to Scotland with their new baby.
The couple have been congratulated on the birth of their new arrival on Twitter.
Lovely news. Congratulations to @andy_murray and Kim on the birth of their daughter. Wishing every happiness. https://t.co/cDAQjVUbgA
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) February 9, 2016
It's a girl! Huge congratulations to Kim Sears and @andy_murray on their wonderful news 🎉
— Kezia Dugdale (@kdugdalemsp) February 9, 2016
Delighted to hear Andy And Kim Murray's lovely news. @judmoo.....surely a cert for 2016 GlamGran comp at Butlins.
— Fred MacAulay (@fredmacaulay) February 9, 2016
Kim and Andy Murray have had a baby girl -huge congrats @judmoo - great news for Fed Cup team 2036....🍼
— Gabby Logan (@GabbyLogan) February 9, 2016
Tennis family. #cute @NialSmith creation pic.twitter.com/i0K4zYUpxf
— judy murray (@judmoo) February 9, 2016
The birth of their first child comes after a momentous 12-month period for Murray, the British number one and a double grand slam winner.
The long-term couple, who live in Surrey and are both 28, married in Murray's home town of Dunblane in April last year, cheered on by a large crowd of well-wishers.
Kim's pregnancy was confirmed publicly in August after they had told family and friends the news, following the 12-week scan.
On the tennis court in 2015, Murray reached the semi-finals of the French Open and Wimbledon, and won his first titles on clay.
He went on to round off the year by steering Great Britain to its first Davis Cup title in almost 80 years. He was also crowned BBC Sports Personality Of The Year for a second time.
As well as making it to the Australian Open final, he watched his brother Jamie become the first Briton to win the Australian Open men's doubles title in more than 80 years.
Murray spoke ahead of the Australian Open about the upcoming birth.
"Just now it's a big change coming. It's very, very exciting," he said.
The Scot made it clear in January that he would have cut short his first grand slam of the year and flown home if the baby had arrived earlier than expected.
Confirming he would even have quit the tournament with one match left to play, he added: "For me, my child is more important to me, and my wife is more important to me than a tennis match.''
Memorably, Murray did make it to the final and tearfully told Kim he would be on "the next flight home" after being beaten to the title by Novak Djokovic.
Murray's father-in-law Nigel Sears had been rushed to hospital during the tournament after collapsing at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne while he watched Ana Ivanovic, whom he coaches. The 58-year-old was later cleared to fly back to the UK and Murray said previously he would have pulled out of the tournament if there had been any doubts about his father-in-law's health.
Speaking to the crowd after the defeat, Murray gave a message to Kim, who was "watching back home".
He said: "You have been a legend the last two weeks, thank you so much for all of your support. I'll be on the next flight home."
Earlier this week Judy Murray revealed that she would be taking a step back from tennis to focus on being a new grandparent.
The 56-year-old told Hello magazine: "I'm really looking forward to the new baby, my first grandchild.
"When it happens I shall be an active granny. My mum Shirley was very involved with Jamie and Andy when they were growing up and I hope to be the same with my grandchild."
Speaking of her decision to reduce her coaching commitments, she said: "As you get older, you realise that life is short and so I've decided that it's time for me to slow down.
"I've been away so much that I've missed out on family occasions and children, such as my 13-year-old nieces Elsa and Cora, growing up, and I'm actually looking forward to cutting back on my work and spending more time with my parents, and yes, the new baby."
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