Jordan Thompson is happy to remain the invisible man at Queen’s after shock victory over Andy Murray

As Wednesday’s sun beat down on Queen’s Club, Jordan Thompson was virtually invisible to the thousands through the gates for the Aegon Championships.

For an hour, he was put through his paces by coach Des Tyson, fine tuning his forehand for Thursday’s big-serving challenge of Sam Querrey.

And all this was watched by just one spectator as much for the shade the adjacent bench provided as the fact Thompson the day previously had beaten the world No1.

So how do you celebrate beating Andy Murray? For the softly spoken Australian, who vanquished the defending champion 7-6, 6-2, it has been a case of pretending as though nothing has happened.

“It’s confidence boosting but I don’t think it’s in my personality to get too ahead of myself,” said the 23-year-old. “I played a good match and there’s another one to come.”

His phone, though, was an indicator of the unlikelihood of the achievement, the repeated pings that followed enough for the world No90 to eventually turn it off.

The first message was from his father Stephen, himself a tennis coach, while the likes of the West Tigers, the rugby league team he has supported since a child, were among those to take to social media to offer their congratulations.

Murray may have been knocked out at Queen’s — a string of big scalps to have fallen in a tournament of shocks — but it is to the example of the Scot that Thompson looks.

“It’s great to beat the world No1 but I’m just trying to go about my business same as every other day,” he said.

“Obviously, I draw a lot of confidence out of that but it’s whether I can back it up or not. I’ve had a couple of good wins this year so I’m definitely capable. But backing it up is key and that’s why he’s No1 because he’s been so consistent for so long.”

Unlike Murray and the other big names on tour at Queen’s and the upcoming Wimbledon, Thompson is devoid of any sort of entourage. But the lack of spectators watching him fine tune his game before the Querrey test didn’t concern him. He added: “There weren’t too many people around but that doesn’t bother me.”