He was also the first British tennis player to be knighted. When he first came to notice, Mr Murray was a gifted but introverted player who found it hard to win over the public. Mr Murray was Scottish and had not risen through the system, training in France. But after victories Mr Murray has draped himself in both the saltire and the union jack. Mr Murray may struggle, on his own, to reverse the calamitous decline in tennis facilities in the state school sector.

Source: The Guardian January 11, 2019 18:22 UTC