Sir Andy Murray has welcomed tennis legend Roger Federer to Scotland for the first time to compete in his annual charity event.
The stars are used to meeting in grand slam finals but are taking part in an exhibition match in front of 11,000 fans in Glasgow's SSE Hydro for Andy Murray Live.
Murray has not played since July due to a hip injury but was determined to perform in front of a home crowd.
He joked that it could be the first time he will have more crowd support than Federer, but the Swiss player said: "I remember the Olympic Games (London 2012) so don't forget that one.
"It's an absolute pleasure to play Andy here, we've had some epic matches over the years in the biggest places so to play in his backyard for a good cause is wonderful."
Picture credit: Jamie Simpson
Federer, a 19-time grand slam champion, was presented with a picture of himself as a child wearing a Scotland football strip and tried to gain some extra support from the Glasgow crowd.
He said: "This is from South Africa and I have no idea why I got it but you can say I was always a Scotland fan."
The event on Tuesday is raising money for Unicef and Glasgow-based charity, Sunny-sid3up.
More than £300,000 was raised last year at Murray's first charity event and he hopes the support of Federer can help raise more.
He said: "It's a big effort, Roger has a big event in a couple of days so I really appreciate him coming and we're doing this for two great causes.
"This might be the only time that he ever plays tennis here so I really appreciate that he made it up for tonight."
Murray fans will be watching the 30-year-old closely as he steps up his preparation to return to competitive tennis in Australia at the start of 2018.
Picture credit: Jamie Simpson
Speaking before the exhibition match in Glasgow, he said: ''I hope I'm there. Things have been going pretty well so far in the rehab, but you just never know. You take each week as it comes.
''I've had setbacks and things can go quite quickly as well. I've been training for a few weeks now. Some days I've felt great and some days not so good.
''But I will come back when I'm ready and when I'm 100% fit. I probably made a bit of a mistake trying to get ready for the US Open but it was the last major of the year and I wanted to give it a go.
''And now it's time to give my body the rest and recovery it needs. I'll come back when I'm ready.''
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