“Anyone but them” When Andy Murray openly refused to play under the flag of England
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Andy Murray, the 35-year-old Britisher is considered one of the elite players of this generation, winning three Grand Slams throughout the course of his career. Murray will be making his next appearance at the Citi Open which is scheduled to commence next month as Murray returns to the hard court.
The Brit’s last appearance was at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships where Murray went on to the quarter-finals of the event as he beat Sam Querrey and Max Purcell on his way to the quarter-finals but he was eliminated in the tie when he faced Alexander Bublik by 5-7, 4-6.
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Throwback to when Andy Murray chose Scotland over England
Back in 2014, with the Scottish independence referendum in full force, Wimbledon champion Andy Murray was very dedicated to dodging the questions from the media about the independence debate. Born in Glasglow, Andy Murray admitted to wanting to represent an independent Scotland over Great Britain if Scotland became an independent nation which didn’t happen.
Tackling the journalists at the US Open, Murray said, “If Scotland became independent, then I imagine I would be playing for Scotland, I haven’t thought that much about that yet because I don’t think it’s looking too likely that it’s going to happen. But if it did happen, then it would be pretty much the first time in my life that I would have ever [had the chance to play for Scotland]. Ever since I started traveling to tournaments when I was 11 years old, I’ve always played under Great Britain. That’s normal to me.”
Murray became the first British player in 77 years to ever win Wimbledon in 2013 as he defeated Novak Djokovic in a thrilling final against his home crowd. On his choice of voting at the referendum, Murray said, “I will take a position. My thoughts on it aren’t that relevant, because I can’t vote myself. I wouldn’t personally choose to make my feelings on something like that public either because not a whole lot of good comes from it. I don’t know a whole lot about politics, and I have made that mistake in the past and it has caused me a headache for seven or eight years of my life and a lot of abuse.”
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