Andy Murray tells Wimbledon how they may’ve improved ‘unusual’ poster

Andy Murray has damaged his silence after being snubbed from considered one of Wimbledon’s promotional posters. The Brit’s brother and uncle both spoke out when the two-time champion wasn’t included in an illustration exhibiting previous, current and future champions. Murray himself stated that he noticed a distinct situation with the poster however nonetheless “didn’t really care”.

Wimbledon sparked backlash final week after releasing the most recent in a collection of promotional illustrations for this 12 months’s Championships. The portray confirmed Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner within the foreground with the likes of the Big Three, Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe, and the Williams sisters behind them.

But many voiced their disappointment that Murray wasn’t included on condition that he has gained the title twice and was the primary dwelling champion in 77 years. However, the person himself wasn’t as bothered as his uncle Niall Erskine, who instructed Wimbledon: “You should be ashamed of yourselves.”

Speaking on the Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic the place he misplaced an exhibition match to Holger Rune, Murray joked: “It was a disaster, wasn’t it?” After laughing it off, the previous world No 1 then went on to lift a separate concern with the poster however wasn’t fussed about his lack of inclusion.

“I mean, I don’t think the problem with the poster was me not being on it,” he continued. “You’ve seen it, I don’t need to elaborate any more on it. It’s pretty obvious if you’ve seen the poster. For me it was, me not being on it is certainly not a problem.”

With Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, Serena and Venus Williams, and a pair believed to be Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina all within the background of the picture, Murray agreed that it was odd to see that the primary 4 of 5 teams on the poster have been males. “Yes. I think that was what was slightly strange,” he added.

“I guess the players on the poster have obviously had incredible careers and have been unbelievably successful at Wimbledon but elsewhere some of the greatest players of all time. For me, Alcaraz and Sinner are unbelievable players but it seems strange that they were all behind them.”

“I mean he was part of the big four for 10 years, maybe more,” the doubles professional stated at Queen’s final week. “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.”

The All England Club beforehand confirmed that the poster was a part of a collection being launched within the lead-up to The Championships. The illustrator – Grant Grunhaupt – beforehand instructed Jamie Murray: “Worry not Jamie, there are more paintings on the way.”