"It was a disaster wasn't it?": Murray berates Wimbledon poster with vital omission
ATPThursday, 29 June 2023 at 08:30
Former world number one Andy Murray has called Wimbledon’s controversial
poster on social media a disaster.
The third Grand Slam of the year will be played from 03-16
July in London this year.
To create some much-needed hype ahead of the tournament, Wimbledon’s
social media pages posted a picture showing the transformation of players from
the past to the present.
The poster received a lot of backlash because it featured
players such as Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, who are yet to achieve
anything notable in the competition.
Murray was quoted in a report by Tennis 365 where he called the
promotion a disaster and insisted that he is not calling it because he was not
featured in the picture.
“It was a disaster, wasn’t it?” he said. “I don’t need to
elaborate any more on it, it’s pretty obvious if you see the poster. I guess
the players that are on the poster are ones that have had incredible careers
and have been unbelievably successful at Wimbledon.
“But elsewhere are some of the greatest players of all time.
For me, Alcaraz and Sinner are unbelievable players but it just seems strange
that they were all sort of behind them. I personally don’t really care that
much about it. But I can see when you look at it’s like, ‘that does look a bit
strange’. Me not being on it is certainly not a problem.”
Murray has a fabulous record while playing at Wimbledon
where he won the competition twice, in 2013 when he defeated Serbia’s Novak
Djokovic in the final with a score of 6–4,
7–5, 6–4, and in 2016 where he got the better of Canada’s Milos Raonic in the
final with a score of 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2).
Azeem Siddiqui is a seasoned sports journalist and data analyst with a strong background in both digital media and live sports production.
He began his journalism career working with partners of The New York Times and has since contributed to several leading international sports publications, including Fox Sports Asia, Calciomercato, and GiveMeSport. Since 2023, Azeem has been part of the TennisUpToDate team, where he has played a key role in sustaining the platform’s growth and ensuring tennis fans receive timely and reliable coverage of the sport’s biggest stories.
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