Freddy Murray says swapping Northern Ireland for Asheville can help him follow in the tennis footsteps of hero Rafael Nadal.
The Belfast ace, 19, has enrolled on a tennis programme at the University of North Carolina, where he will spend the next four years developing in a new and challenging environment.
Murray has idolised Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, for as long as he can remember and hopes his bold hop across the pond can catapult him up the international rankings.
