KIM Sears and her tennis star husband Andy Murray have announced the birth of their baby daughter.

Today, the couple's agent announced the 28-year-old artist, from Lewes, gave birth on Sunday.

No details have yet been revealed about the child's name.

Kim, a graduate from the University of Sussex, met as teenagers in 2005 through tennis circles at a party for the US Open. 

She is the daughter of famed tennis coach Nigel Sears, also from Lewes, who is the former head of women's tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association.

Confirming news of the baby's birth, the couple's agent said: "Andy and Kim had a daughter in the early hours of Sunday morning and the family are doing well."

No further details have been released from the Murray camp at this stage.

Andy's grandmother Shirley Erskine said she was thrilled at the arrival of the new addition to the family.

And she revealed the family had not known what sex the baby was going to be.

She said: "Andy and Kim said from the outset that they didn't want to know, so I'm assuming that they didn't know and of course none of us knew, so it was nice to get a little surprise like that."

Mrs Erskine, the mother of Andy's mum Judy, said she received a text message from her grandson telling her about the birth.

She said: "Andy had sent a text round all the family - one of these multimedia-type texts - and then I got a text from him saying something about 'she's doing well' and I thought, 'Oh something's happened'."

Kim's pregnancy was confirmed publicly in August after they had told family and friends the news, following the 12-week scan.

Murray spoke ahead of the Australian Open about the upcoming birth.
He said: "Just now it's a big change coming. It's very, very exciting."

The Scot made it clear in January that he would have cut short his first grand slam of the year and flown home if the baby had arrived earlier than expected.

He said: "For me, my child is more important to me, and my wife is more important to me than a tennis match.''

Murray did make it to the final and tearfully told Kim she was "a legend" and that he would be on "the next flight home" after being beaten to the title by Novak Djokovic.

On the tennis court in 2015, Murray reached the semi-finals of the French Open and Wimbledon, and won his first titles on clay.