Is Andy Murray's new daughter Sophia Scottish or English? Tennis star dodges the question and insists she's BRITISH 

Andy Murray dodged a potential north-south divide argument by insisting his new daughter Sophia is British.

The Scottish tennis star, who proudly represents Scotland and Great Britain on the world stage, became a father for the first time last month.

The 28-year-old, from Dunblane, and wife Kim Sears, from East Sussex, named their daughter Sophia Olivia.

Today, in an interview with 5 News, he gave a diplomatic response to a question over their baby's nationality.

Murray has already seen a surge in performance since marrying Kim in Dunblane Cathedral last year (pictured) and hopes becoming a father will have the same impact on his game 

The British No 1 is preparing to return to action in the Davis Cup after the birth of his daughter Sophia

Murray has previously sworn allegiance to an independent Scotland and has also joked that he was support everyone against England in the 2006 World Cup

When asked 'Is Sophia Scottish or English?', he replied: 'I believe she is British.'

Murray has previously sworn allegiance to an independent Scotland and has also joked that he was support everyone against England in the 2006 World Cup.

Both remarks caused a stir across the UK, with some fans questioning his commitment to representing Great Britain at the time.

The World No2 has been away from his girl this week as he faced Japan in the Davis Cup at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, just three months after he played a major role in securing the trophy for Team GB in Belgium.

Speaking of how he is managing to juggle being a father and international tennis star, he said: 'It's been great so far, obviously this week I haven't seen her (Sophia) for a few days so that's been tough. I'm just trying to keep my focus when I'm on the court on my tennis. 

'Obviously when I'm away from the court my thoughts are back home and trying to speak to Kim as much as possible, stay in touch, but it's not easy being away for the first few days when she's so young'. 

Andy Murray, whose wife Kim (pictured together) gave birth to their daughter Sophia Olivia last month, has opened up about life as a father 

Yesterday, Murray revealed that Sophia Olivia will make her first appearance courtside at the Miami Open later this month.

His newly expanded family will travel as a unit will be to South Florida, where they own a home. 

Purely tenniswise, the former Wimbledon champion does not expect his new parental status to curtail his schedule

Murray and his wife Kim have yet to employ a nanny, and he admitted that there will be an element of trial and error when it comes to assessing their future travel plans. 

'They're (babies) pretty portable at this age I think. She's going to come to Miami and see how that goes. We'll just play it by ear a little bit and see how well that works out. It's not really up to me. It's up to Kim as well, how much she would like to travel.

'Kim only really comes to maybe five tournaments during the year so maybe she'll come to two or three more, but I don't see us travelling as a family all the time because Kim doesn't love just being there to watch tennis all of the time either.'

Matters have been helped by the new baby being a good sleeper but he admitted he may have to take a step back in caring duties during competition.

'She has been sleeping very well the first few weeks. Without getting particularly graphic, there's nothing much I can do. She is waking up because she wants feeding and unfortunately my body doesn't produce any milk. I can't help too much there.

'At the beginning, I wasn't training so I could help a bit more. In competition, it's a little bit different. But when I'm not training or when I have days off and stuff you can help out for sure. When the competition is going, your sleep is important for recovery.'

The tennis star is amazed at how quickly time is speeding by - and how adept he is at changing nappies. 

'The thing that has surprised me most is how quickly everything changes - from the first day she was born,' the 28-year-old says of his little girl.

'You don't notice it when you're there every day but you look back at a photo on the day she was born to one taken five days later to now, a few weeks on, and you see how much things change on a daily basis.'

Murray, who almost single-handedly won the Davis Cup for GB last year, will return to action in Birmingham

After Sophia was born, weighing 8lbs 10oz, Murray's hometown of Dunblane decked out in pink to celebrate

The new father also insists he's already quite good at changing his little girl. 'I’ve not held her upside down yet, but after the first couple of days I felt much more confident,' he says. 

The World Number Two certainly had a busy spell before the arrival of his little girl. Exactly two weeks before Kim gave birth, Murray had lost to Novak Djokovic in the final of the Australian Open.

In a touching post-match interview, Murray spoke to his wife through the camera, telling her: 'You've been a legend the last two weeks. I'll be on the next flight home.'

That night, he raced to Melbourne airport to fly home to London and, seven days later, on February 7, he was en route to the hospital with Kim for the labour.