ANDY MURRAY'S serve can help him burn off the opposition and fire him to Wimbledon glory.

ANDY MURRAY'S serve can help him burn off the opposition and fire him to Wimbledon glory.

That was the verdict today of legendary American coach Nick Bollettieri, the man who moulded former Wimbledon champion and world No.1 Andre Agassi.

With Centre Court temperatures set to hit 30 degrees this afternoon, Bollettieri believes that Murray's awesome delivery will leave Swiss opponent Stanislas Wawrinka scorched in the sun and help the Scot claim a quarter-final place for the second successive year.

He said: "Against Viktor Troicki on Saturday the stats showed 88 per cent of Murray's first-service points were won, and that got as high 94 per cent in the third and final set. But what the stats don't tell you is the power, placement and variety of the serves.

"Andy now has the Bomb, the Slider and the Kicker in his service tool kit and he's mixing them up wonderfully. The Bomb is the pure power serve, the Slider does what it says on the tin and the Kicker is more prevalent on second serve, which is generally excellent.

"Andy is leaving opponents with very few options on his serve. He hit 17 aces on Saturday and the only sensible reaction to most of them was a whistle.

"It wasn't all that long ago that Andy could impress for a while in a tournament and then falter. And now? Through consistent improvement to all areas of his body and his game, he has just a bit too much in his locker for the vast majority of opponents.

"Among 37 winners, there were aces, service winners, three volleyed winners, two smashes, an approach winner, a passing winner, three drops and seven drives."