NDY MURRAY says he “doesn’t care” about being erased from Wimbledon’s historical past in a controversial event drawing.
A commissioned All England Membership social media poster confirmed 15 champions, previous and current, but it surely was universally panned for not together with the two-time winner.
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Members of Murray’s household reacted with fury, with uncle Niall Erksine saying it was “appalling at each degree” and managers “needs to be ashamed”.
Requested for the primary time for his response, Murray, 36, mentioned: “Ah, it was a catastrophe, wasn’t it?
“The issue with the poster wasn’t me being on it. I imply, I personally don’t care that a lot about it.”
On the entrance are two members of the “subsequent technology of headline acts” Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.
Within the background are depictions of “epic rivals” Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, and the Williams sisters Serena and Venus.
Some followers even labelled it sexist for the positioning of the highest ladies behind the main males within the order of the gamers.
Requested if extra prominence might have been given for the feminine aces, Murray replied: “Yeah, that was what was barely unusual. I assume the gamers which are on the poster are ones who’ve had unbelievable careers and have been unbelievably profitable at Wimbledon.
“For me, Alcaraz and Sinner are unbelievable gamers but it surely appears unusual they had been on the entrance.”
Murray will uncover within the upcoming draw who he’ll face within the first spherical of the lads’s singles.
The Scot might probably face one of many prime seeds — even defending champ and long-time rival Novak Djokovic.
The previous world No 1 mentioned: “Clearly I’d like to play in opposition to Novak once more all through my profession.
“Whether or not that’s at Wimbledon or additional down the road we’ll see.
“I’m not any much less aggressive than I used to be up to now.
“I nonetheless have massive needs to go on the market on courtroom and compete, however I’m conscious I’m in a special scenario.
“I’ve had some fairly robust first-round attracts within the Slams over the past couple of years. So I must be prepared for that. And I feel I’m.”
Murray was crushed 6-4 6-4 by world No 6 Holger Rune on the Giorgio Armani Tennis Basic on the Hurlingham Membership in Putney on Wednesday night.
