Andy Murray sarcastically DEMANDS a bigger cake than Carlos Alcaraz’s on his birthday referring to the infamous saga at the Madrid Open

Andy Murray turned 36 years old on May 15, 2023. And what did the birthday boy wish for his birthday? He wished that he would get a cake bigger than the one Carlos Alcaraz got in Madrid during the Madrid Open. The Spaniard had turned 20 while on tour. Madrid Open, which is one of the biggest tournaments in Spain, They gifted their star player an enormous cake that literally needed four people to carry.

Now Andy Murray was pulling some strings over the cake debacle that had happened. Women’s world no. 1, Aryna Sabalenka, also had her birthday while at the Madrid Open, but the size of her cake was much smaller as compared to country boy Carlos Alcaraz‘s. Tennis fans and fraternity members had called out the difference in the cake sizes, and they felt this reflected a deep rooted misogyny on the tennis circuit.

However, many also felt that the incident blew out of proportion. Perhaps Andy Murray also thought that its alright to make fun of the incident which gained more ground in Madrid than tennis itself. ANdy took to Twitter and posted “If I don’t get a cake of equal size if not slightly bigger than Alcaraz today im going to be absolutely f**king furious“

Andy Murray is usually quite funny on social media. He usually has a quick witted response to everything happening around him. Which is why he has a huge following on social media. Fans messaged the Brit, wishing him a happy birthday. Many shared photos of gigantic cakes with the ex-World No. 1. While some share miniature cake pictures mocking Andy digitally. 

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Andy Murray should have asked for Rafael Nadal’s birthday cake from 2013 French Open

What the world and Andy Murray had forgotten is that once the blue eyed boy of Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal was gifted even a much bigger cake than what Carlos Alcaraz did in Madrid. The King of Clay turned 27 on tour and was gifted a cake that was taller than the player himself. Had Twitteratis dug out the images from the archives of Roland Garros, the whole cake-gate incident between Sabalenka and Alcaraz would have been a different story altogether.

Some Twitter tennis fans felt that Andy Murray’s joke was a bit inappropriate, as the issue of the cake sizes was one of inequity between how men and women players are treated. The timing of the joke has again brought the issue of preferential treatment to the fore as the Italian Open is going on. The Italian Open prize money for women is half that of men. There is an ongoing controversy over the money distribution, which the tournament says will only be equalized by 2025. 

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