SCOTLAND’S Jamie Murray has grown accustomed to being in the company of these Swiss tennis superstars.

The 31-year-old was playing an ATP event in Vienna this week when it was confirmed Martina Hingis was retiring from the sport, bringing an end to the fruitful, if somewhat last-minute, partnership which harvested this year’s Wimbledon and US Open mixed doubles titles.

The former World No 1, who has claimed 25 Grand Slam titles, will bow out at end of the WTA finals event in Singapore, as part of the top women’s doubles team in the sport.

“I am very lucky to have been able to play with Martina, a real legend of the game,” Jamie said after confirmation came through. “She’s had an incredible career and has shown amazing longevity. And it is a great way to go out of the game, finishing as No 1 in the world.

“Obviously I was lucky that Martina got in contact with me,” he added. “I wasn’t really planning to play Wimbledon at all but I said at the time that it was an amazing opportunity – I wasn’t going to say no to that.

“I probably didn’t expect to win both tournaments the first time I went on court with her but, you know, I knew it definitely was a possibility,” he added.

Whether Jamie continues to be a big hitter in mixed doubles or not going forward remains to be seen, but it won’t be long before another exalted Swiss tennis legend comes into view.

After a trip to the Paris Masters next week, the elder Murray brother will be in Glasgow with Hingis’s equally exalted countryman Roger Federer for company, as part of the ‘Andy Murray Live’ charity event which last year raised in excess of £300,000 for Unicef and local charities.

While it is Andy’s name which is above the door at the SSE Hydro, this is a real family affair, last year’s show seeing Jamie playing doubles with a various cast including the likes of Ally McCoist, Gary Tank Commander and wheelchair star Gordon Reid.

Aside from tutoring a number of competition winners and talented youngsters at this year’s sell-out event, Jamie isn’t quite sure what to expect. But he is delighted to showcase world class tennis for a Scottish crowd who, Davis Cup matches aside, don’t often get the chance to see it.

“If there are any surprises, they will be surprises to me too!” Jamie laughs. “But I think it went well last year, especially for the first year. And this year it will be even better, because we have more of a knowledge of what works and what doesn’t.

“Obviously we have got Federer coming, which will be huge. I wouldn’t say I’ve brushed paths with him too much, a lot of those guys are just really in their own bubble, but I am sure it is going to be a great event again and hopefully it raises even more money. “

Perhaps the most positive part of all will be seeing Andy Murray back on court, a sight which – other than a recent post of him serving in practice – hasn’t been sighted he visibly struggled with a painful hip injury as he went down to Sam Querrey in five sets at Wimbledon.

“Andy has obviously put his body through a lot in the past ten years or so to achieve what he has achieved on the tennis court,” said Jamie. “So I’m sure at some stage things were always going to break down a bit or whatever.

“But look, it’s great that he’s back hitting balls,” Jamie added, “even if it doesn’t look like he is doing too much in the way of movement on the court. But he is back in the gym training and he feels good with where his training has been, now he obviously needs to start building up for on-court stuff.

“Hopefully everything will hold up and he can get back on with his career next year. He has a good team around him and has spoken to a lot of people to try to get the right programme to get back to good health.”