Jamie Murray last night said life had been "surreal but special" since he became Britain's first Wimbledon champion for 20 years with his mixed doubles victory partnering Jelena Jankovic.
The 21-year-old, who flies to Los Angeles on Thursday to rejoin his regular doubles partner, Eric Butorac, for next week's ATP tournament, accompanied Jankovic to the Wimbledon champions' dinner on Sunday night before she returned home to Belgrade at six o'clock yesterday morning.
"We didn't get there until like 11.30pm and then we left at about 1am," he said. "We got presented with our trophies, had our photos taken, had some food and that was about it. It was a bit surreal. We didn't really have too much time to think about it because we came off court, did press, had drug testing, I had to sort my suit out and we went straight there. It's all been a bit non-stop but when you're having your photo taken with Roger Federer and you've both got Wimbledon trophies then it is pretty special."
Murray's victory with Jankovic pushed his individual doubles ranking up to its highest ever mark, 29, but he was more focused on the team ranking he shares with Butorac, which moved up to 13 thanks to their reaching the third round of the men's doubles at Wimbledon.
"Men's doubles is my priority and that's what my career is in," he said. "I didn't expect to do anything in mixed doubles so this has been a huge bonus. I'm sure I'll get up to something to celebrate Wimbledon but I've got to practise a bit and get ready for LA."