The National:

JUDY Murray knows a thing or two about tennis.

Unsurprisingly, she put a few people in their place after a new YouGov survey found some men believe they could match Serena Williams on a tennis court.

Around one in 10 men (12%) think they could win a point off the 23-time grand slam winner in a game of tennis, according to the poll.

Just 3% of women among the 1732 British adults polled feel confident of securing a point against Williams.

Survey respondents were asked: "Do you think if you were playing your very best tennis, you could win a point off Serena Williams?"

Responding to the report that one in ten men believed they could, Murray tweeted: “Good luck with that” – generating thousands of retweets and likes.

Murray wasn’t the only one to raise an eyebrow.

Writer Caitlin Moran identified a sense of familiarity with respondents.

Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff called for the men’s confidence to be put to the test.

New York Times politics reporter Astead Herndon had broader concerns.

One commenter outlined the scale of the task facing the men.

Another Twitter user hypothesised about the circumstances envisaged by the respondents.

Williams is in the hunt for a record-equalling 24th grand slam today, as she faces Simona Halep in the women's Wimbledon final.

Two years ago, female players backed Williams in the row over whether women tennis players could compete with the men's game.

Ex-player and commentator John McEnroe claimed Williams would barely scrape the top 700 on the men's tour.

At the time, former world number one Caroline Wozniacki said the only player in the men's game that Williams should be compared against was Roger Federer.

At Wimbledon this year Williams has addressed the challenges female tennis players face.

She argued that "women's matches aren't pushed as much as the men's matches to be on the marquee courts" and called for "equality" in tennis.