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Andy Murray's gran has hilariously offered to be his mixed doubles partner - after the Dunblane star was awkwardly snubbed by Ashleigh Barty.

Murray is fresh from his remarkable winning return to action after winning the doubles at Queen's Club alongside Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.

The two-time Wimbledon champion, who was close to retiring five months ago due to the hip injury which left him struggling to walk without pain, let alone play tennis, strolled off with the silverware at his first attempt back.

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But the 32-year-old is still struggling to find a match for the mixed doubles - revealing he's had "a couple of rejections" in his bid to find a partner for Wimbledon next month.

He had hoped to play alongside French Women's Open champion Ashleigh Barty, but she turned him down.

Hoping to save the day, the tennis star's gran Shirley Erskine, 85, has hilariously offered to step up to the mark in a video shared by mum Judy Murray .

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Judy wrote: "Dear Andy, another mixed doubles offer for u + one that will difficult to turn down.

"She won’t be able to hear a word u say + speed off the mark will be non existent but she will bring shortbread for changeovers + promises to watch her trams. Ps PYV Punch Your Volleys. Love mum x"

In the clip, Shirley can be seen smacking a tennis ball in the garden, adding she is "absolutely the right" person to be his duo.

Almost 100,000 people have since watched the clip, in which she can be heard saying: "Right Andy, if you’re still looking for a mixed doubles partner, you’ve got absolutely the right one here, no problem."

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But Shirley isn't the only person offering to be Andy's right-hand woman.

Comedian Miranda Hart also put herself forward following his Queen's win.

She said: "You say you haven’t found a mixed doubles partner so this is me formally putting my hat in the ring.

"I’m VERY tall and the extra weight means I’m very grounded emotionally and physically. Also a GSOH - useful at stressful points".

Murray revealed the mixed doubles snub in his BBC colum on Friday.

He said: "I've been rejected a couple of times so far - in the nicest possible way, of course. One of those people was Ash Barty.

"I asked her during the French Open and she said no because she is already playing in singles and doubles, so didn't want to play in three competitions. Of course, I understood that."

Murray added: "She also said: 'There's many better out there than me.'

"Then a few days later she won the French Open, so I fired her a message saying I told her she was one of the best - but she still rejected me!

"It is a shame we can't play together because I want the best partner possible."

Murray and Lopez beat Britain's Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram of the United States 7-6 (6) 5-7 10-5 after a third-set match tie-break on Sunday.