Frenchman Jules Marie shoots his Wimbledon shot in Andy Murray's Instagram DMs

If you never try, you'll never know? Frenchman Jules Marie, the tennis player-turned vlogger-turned tennis player again, was ready to exhaust all options to guarantee himself a Wimbledon debut ... even if it meant sliding into a Grand Slam champion's DMs.

You might've heard of Marie, currently ranked No. 246, if you've spent any time on Tennis Twitter, or YouTube, as it were. The 32-year-old spent six years away from professional tennis before giving top-level sport another try two years ago, but only after he created a channel for himself that boasts 120,000 subscribers and more than 22.5 million video views. Marie and his twin brother, Arthur, launched the channel during the COVID-19 pandemic as a means of virtually coaching recreational players who wanted to improve, but couldn't step on court. He's since been taking followers along as he tries to rebuild his touring career from the ground up.

Finding himself on the precipice of making it into the Wimbledon qualifying field for the first time on the eve of its start, Marie decided to go "all in," in his own words ... and message Andy Murray on Instagram as media reports swirled Sunday about whether or not the Scot was pulling out from this year's tournament at SW19 after back surgery. (A withdrawal, any withdrawal, would help advance the Frenchman's standing and push him into the field.)

"Mate, goat, legend," Marie began, "I'm [an] alternate [in] qualies. Is there any chance you can withdraw from Wimbledon ... before 10 a.m. tomorrow to let me play my first Wimbledon?"

While Murray left Marie on read (that's slang for ignored), good things come to those who wait. Marie got into the draw anyway thanks to a withdrawal by his fellow Frenchman, Calvin Hemery, the world No. 200, mere minutes before a scheduled match against a third Frenchman, Luca Van Assche on Monday.

Marie broke the news of his milestone (where else?) on social media, paired with a branded graphic of himself.

"BREAKING NEWS," Marie simply wrote on Instagram. "WIMBLEDON."

Unfortunately for Marie, his first Wimbledon win will have to wait. Van Assche won the match in a third-set tiebreak, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(8) after Marie served for the match.