Former Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, who was abused on social media for tweeting his support for Scottish independence last week, was disappointed over the matter, but did not “regret giving an opinion” he told the BBC yesterday.
The 27-year-old Scot tweeted his support for the “Yes” campaign a few hours before the polls opened on Thursday last week, but told the BBC he thought the UK was now going to be stronger after Scottish voters rejected independence.
Speaking to the BBC in China, he said: “It was a very emotional day for Scottish people, and the whole country and the whole of the UK — it was a big day.”
“The way it was worded, the way I sent it, is not really in my character. I don’t normally do stuff like that,” he said. “So, yeah, I was a bit disappointed by that. It’s time to move on. I can’t go back on that and I’ll concentrate on my tennis for the next few months.”
Murray was then subjected to online abuse, with one hate message referring to the Dunblane massacre in 1996. He was a pupil at the Dunblane school where Thomas Hamilton murdered 16 children and their teacher.
MALAYSIAN OPEN
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Rajeev Ram of the US moved into the second round of the Malaysian Open by beating Australian qualifier Omar Jasika 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
Ram next faces top seed Kei Nishikori, who reached the US Open final this month.
Also yesterday, seventh seed Pablo Andujar of Spain beat Gregoire Burquier of France 6-2, 6-4; Philipp Petzschner of Germany defeated James Ward of Britain 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5); and Go Soeda won an all-Japanese match against Kento Takeuchi 6-2, 6-1.
In a late match, Pierre-Hugues Herbert of France beat Bernard Tomic of Australia 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (9/7).
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