ANDY Murray insists he will show no fear in today's Wimbledon final against Milos Raonic and plans to savour the experience more this time should he go on to claim his second SW19 title. For the first time in 11 Grand Slam deciders, the Scot finds himself against an opponent that isn't Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic in the form of the big-serving 25-year-old Canadian. Consequently, he is a strong favourite with the bookmakers but the world No 2 swears he has no fear of failure even if eight of his 10 previous major finals have ended in disappointment.

"I'm not scared to fail," Murray said. "It's not like after losing a couple of those Grand Slam finals I thought 'I don't fancy this any more'. It has been difficult to get over some tough losses but I've kept working hard, training hard, believing in myself and trying to improve. I've tried to get help from loads of different people and coaches. After another tough loss at the French Open, I've given myself another opportunity, and I am proud of that, big time. Hopefully I'll get over the line."

The Scot recalls how that straight-sets victory against Novak Djokovic in 2013 which ended 77 years without a home winner of this tournament seemed to pass by in a blur.

"It would mean a lot," he said. "I know how hard these events are to win. Wimbledon when we won it the first time was a huge, huge relief. I maybe didn't enjoy it as much as I should have. There was a lot of pressure to do that for the first time. So I would love to do that on Sunday."

Pitted against a player who has served 137 aces this tournament, and recorded the tournament's top speed with a delivery of 144mph against Roger Federer, Murray knows he will have to display the same ruthless streak which was in evidence in the final of Queen's Club a fortnight ago. From a break and 3-0 down, the Scot's instincts on the return began to neutralise a Raonic serve which hadn't been broken all tournament long.

"I've always been a good returner since my junior days - I don't know why that was," said the 29-year-old. "I didn't practise it loads when I was at the academy in Spain, but when I got on the ATP Tour it's something I dedicated a lot of time to. I remember the third match I ever played on the tour was against Taylor Dent at Queen's Club. He had a huge serve but I handled it well and won the match. It's not just by chance that I'm good at returning. I've practised it a lot and still work on it all the time to make sure it's good. However well I return, opportunities will probably be few and far between on Sunday and I need to be ruthless. That's something I speak to Ivan [Lendl, his coach] about."

Murray - who has been defeated in his last three major finals - is surrounded by reminders of his 2013 win. He has a replica of the Wimbledon trophy in his home in Oxshott and the DVD of the match, even though he hasn't watched it "much in the last couple of years". While the Scot feels it will be more relevant to watch film of Raonic's most recent matches in the lead-up to today's final, he also feels his big match experience can help him make in-game adjustments against a serve which is harder than most on tour if not potentially as awkward as that of the likes of giants like Ivo Karlovic and John Isner.

"He's got one of the best serves, obviously - that's why he is where he is," said Murray. "But because Karlovic and Isner are significantly taller, they can serve more of the spots, and have probably bigger second serves, as well. But Milos is better from the ground than both of those guys. There's things you can do in preparation for the match. Obviously you can look at videos, you can look at stats, if you want any of that stuff. But then there's things you can pick up when you're out there, as well, just with your eyes."