Andy Murray’s brother Jamie wades into row over ‘disrespectful’ Wimbledon snub

Wimbledon precipitated a stir after releasing the newest in a sequence of illustrations selling the upcoming Championships. The poster depicted stars previous and new with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner entrance and centre.

Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had been additionally pictured together with retired stars like Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe whereas the Williams sisters had been hidden on the again. It precipitated controversy with Murray’s followers and household questioning his absence from the poster.

Doubles star Jamie Murray commented on Instagram asking the place Andy was and at Queen’s on Wednesday, he admitted that his brother ought to have been included. “I thought so,” he mentioned when requested if he thought it was disrespectful to the two-time champion.

“I mean he was part of the big four for 10 years, maybe more. Obviously, he was No 1 in the world and then he smashed up his hip, and since then it’s been a bit tough going for him. But he won the singles twice in an incredible era of tennis and made another final.

“I thought it was a bit of a slight, especially with everything that he brought to the tournament for so long. You know, the whole country like falling behind his kind of journey to try to become the champion, but there you go.”

It comes after Andy and Jamie’s uncle Niall Erskine – the brother of Judy Murray – hit out on the event with a brutal assertion. He tweeted: “Appalling at every level, all about the men in the forefront and your own British history maker nowhere to be seen. You should be ashamed of yourselves.”