Scots tennis star Andy Murray needed a police escort as he turned out to give his sport a boost in Paisley yesterday.

The court star, who was pipped in this year's Wimbledon semi-final by Rafael Nadal, was in town with mum Judy and brother Jamie ahead of the Great Britain Davis Cup Team's appearance at Braehead Arena from tomorrow until Sunday.

The team and members of the coaching staff were at the tennis courts at Brodie Park, Paisley, taking part in a session arranged by Tennis Scotland.

More than 1000 people turned up at the Renfrew-shire Council-owned courts to take in the session and meet the team.

The courts are in the process of being refurbished following a grant of more than £160,000 from the Lawn Tennis Assopciation with support from Sport England, with work due to finish in Sept- ember.

Judy Murray said: "It's great to see so many kids here having a go at tennis for the first time.

"Hopefully the Davis Cup team can inspire them to stay with the sport.Having courts like these can only benefit the sport and hopefully we'll see more people taking up tennis."

And she said she believes her son is over the disappointment of failing to reach the Wimbledon final: "You just have to just keep doing the best you can and move on."

Mrs Murray, who helped coaches give tips to youngsters from the Paisley area, said the expectation "was huge now" for her son, but it was also the "strongest era ever" for men's tennis.

Andy will lead the Great Britain team – which has three Scots in Jamie Murray, Colin Fleming and Andy himself – in the BNP Paribas Davis Cupy tie against Luxembourg over the weekend.

Mrs Murray said she was looking forward to watching her sons play in the clash.

She said: "It's huge, huge pride there to be selected to play for your country.

"With the three Scots in the team playing in front of a Scottish crowd the whole event is just going to be phenomenal."