The Wimbledon Championships are quite simply two of the most enjoyable two weeks of the sporting calendar. This is even the case when it rains all the time as it did last year. During the first week of this year's tournament though, the sun has been out and it has been a fantastic few days of tennis, culminating in what I believe could go down as one of the greatest Wimbledon's of all time.

There is one key ingredient for this being the case though - a certain Mr Andy Murray. The Scotsman is looking to progress to his first Grand Slam quarter-final and went one step closer to doing just that after beating Tommy Haas in four sets yesterday. Murray will now face Richard Gasquet in the last 16 as he carries British hopes with him throughout SW19.

Murray has really impressed me during this first week of the tournament. He has looked the real deal. Not only has he played some fantastic tennis, but his overall mentality seems spot on. He is playing with passion without going over the top, getting angry with poor shots without getting too frustrated and using the crowd to his advantage without draining his energy. To me, he seems like a man on a mission.

Before the tournament began, I heard Tim Henman saying that if Murray makes it to the quarter-finals then he would have had a successful tournament. They way Murray spoke yesterday though and the way he has been playing - this is far from the truth. Murray wants to win this tournament and he won't consider a last eight finish a success, much like Mr Henman does.

Criticising someone like Tim Henman isn't something I like doing because as I have always said - it wasn't his fault that no-one else came through while he was British Number One. It wasn't his fault that he was the best player in Britain. However, the recent comments from Murray sum up the key differences between Murray and Henman.

Henman had a decent record at Wimbledon, but I'm not sure anyone truly believed he could win it. Not even himself. Murray though has a different aura about him. He has it in him to beat Rafael Nadal and to beat Roger Federer in a Grand Slam and I'm not convinced that 'Tiger Tim' ever did.

Murray has a controlled aggression about him on the court these days. He is fired up beyond belief and as I mentioned earlier, he is using the crowd well. A fist pump after every important point won is regular and the Wimbledon crowd are starting to fall for him like they did for Henman.

This could, of course, all come to an end in the next round against Gasquet who is seeded eighth for this years Championships. It will be a tough test for Murray but if he continues in the manner he has started then I think he will progress, setting up a quarter-final tie with Nadal. Now that is a match I will be eagerly anticipating should it happen.

With Tim Henman, the crowd always got behind him. Chants of  'Come on Tim!' were deafening around centre court. The encouragement was backed up with a great deal of hope. When the crowd cheer for Murray though, it is backed up with a great deal of expectation. That's the key difference and is why Andy Murray has more chance of winning Wimbledon than Tim Henman ever did. Whether this year is his year though, remains to be seen.