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Murray i Melbourne: ”Kalla mig inte sir”

Efter ett år av framgångar blev Andy Murray vid årsskiftet adlad av drottning Elizabeth.

Det orsakade viss uppståndelse när skotten dök upp i Melbourne inför Australian Open och flera journalister, för att visa respekt för hans nya titel, började kalla honom ”sir Andy”. Men Murray satte direkt ner foten:

– Jag är mer än nöjd med att bara vara ”Andy”. Det räcker för mig, sade han på en pressträff.

Murray vann både Wimbledon och OS förra året och blev sedermera världsetta.

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Andy Murray
Wikipedia (en)
Sir Andrew Barron Murray, OBE (born 15 May 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player currently ranked world No. 1 in men's singles. Murray represents Great Britain in his sporting activities and is a three-time Grand Slam tournament winner, two-time Olympic champion, Davis Cup champion and the winner of the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals. He was first ranked as British No. 1 on 27 February 2006, and then achieved a top-10 ranking by the ATP for the first time on 16 April 2007. Following his run to winning the 2016 Paris Masters, Murray became world No. 1 on 7 November 2016. He was created a Knight Bachelor in the 2017 New Year Honours list, and has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award a record three times. At the 2012 US Open, Murray became the first British player since 1977, and the first British man since 1936, to win a Grand Slam singles tournament, when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final. In July 2013, Murray won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first British player to win a Wimbledon senior singles title since Virginia Wade in 1977, and the first British man to win the men's singles title since Fred Perry, 77 years previously. In 2016, he won his second Wimbledon title to become the first British man to win multiple Wimbledon singles titles since Perry in 1935. Murray is the men's singles 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist, making him the only tennis player, male or female, to have won two Olympic singles titles. He featured in Great Britain's Davis Cup-winning team in 2015, going 11–0 in his matches (8 singles and 3 doubles) as they secured their first Davis Cup title since 1936.
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