“I told the umpire how bad he was” When a 19-year-old Andy Murray narrowly escaped a 3-year suspension and $100,000 fine
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3-time Grand Slam champion and former World No. 1 Andy Murray is a tennis royalty in the UK and has been knighted for the same by the Queen of England. Murray was a breath of fresh for British tennis and also on the ATP Tour as the Scottish great along with Novak Djokovic quickly separated themselves from the rest of the Tour to join Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and form the Big-4 quartet in tennis.
An all-court player with some brilliant shotmaking and an arsenal of all possible weapons, Murray remained one of the most dominant players on the Tour until his hip surgery in 2017 which saw him miss a lot of action for the next couple of years and made him severely injury prone and restricted his movement as he now plays with a metal hip. Once considered one of the best movers on the court, Murray’s game has changed a lot since his hip surgery.
“I’d have preferred people not to have heard it”: Andy Murray on the incident
While Murray earned the bragging rights of being the only tennis player ever to win back-to-back singles Gold medals at the Olympics Games, the Brit over the years has earned his reputation as one of the most vocal players on the court and the words are not always suitable for all age groups. In the past couple of seasons, Murray’s behaviour has worsened with more audible profanity and it has not been something that he has picked up recently, but had been doing since he was a teen.
During the 2006 Davis Cup Qualifiers, a 19-year-old Murray was playing Doubles for the Great Britain team with Greg Rusedski as his partner against Serbia & Montenegro. With a controversial call going against Rusedski that gave their opponents a crucial break, tempers were running high on the court and Murray went off after a while using the F-word on multiple occasions that was caught on the umpire’s mic and also broadcasted on TV.
‘I told the umpire how bad he was. In football when players swear you can’t hear what they say, but here the microphone picked it up. I’d have preferred people not to have heard it. But not too many people could have done because I think it was on interactive,” said Murray on the incident.
The match referee Norbert Pieck commented, “I can confirm that Great Britain will be fined for the behaviour of their player Andy Murray during today’s doubles rubber. We are in the process of reviewing the incident and will announce the size of the fine tomorrow.” Bill Babcock of the ITF also revealed that the incident will be looked into and had Murray made the comments during the match and not after the conclusion of the match, he was sure to have been defaulted, suspended for 3 years and made to pay a fine of $100,000.
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