Tennis News: Sir Andy Murray honoured the Queen with his tribute.
This week, he will compete for Great Britain in the Davis Cup in Glasgow’s Emirates Arena, where he hopes to honour the memory of the Queen.
“It’s obviously been a very sad week with the news about the Queen passing away, but I think here will be a chance for everyone to show how much she meant to everyone,” he told Sky Sports News.
After winning his second Wimbledon and Olympic gold medals, Murray was given a knighthood.
The Queen will be remembered at the Davis Cup, he said. “I’m sure there’ll be songs sung and a minute’s silence observed,” Murray continued.
“She obviously had an amazing life and I think here, these few days when GB are competing will be a chance to celebrate her and everything that she did.
“I was very fortunate to get the opportunity to play in front of her and compete at Wimbledon when she came along to watch which was a really nice memory for me.”
This Wednesday’s Davis Cup group stage match between Great Britain and the USA will take place. Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, and world No. 1 in doubles Joe Salisbury are all on the British team, and Murray is thrilled to be a part of it.
“It’s an opportunity for us to use all of the players in the team,” Murray added. “It’s pretty exciting.
“It’s a bit different [this time]. Obviously, we have a very strong team, with a lot of depth, which hasn’t always been the case over the last 20 years or so. Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski originally would play pretty much all of the matches together. Then I played the bulk of the singles and doubles matches for a period of time.
“It’s obviously great to be playing back in the Davis Cup, representing Great Britain again, I’ve always loved doing it, especially here at the Emirates,” he added.
Murray expects the occasion to be special. “We’ve played some brilliant matches here in front of incredible atmospheres,” he said.
“I think we’ve got a strong team and hopefully we can do well.”
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