Andy Murray walked Nottingham streets hours earlier than three killed in tragic assault

Andy Murray has spoken out in regards to the “heartbeaking” incident in Nottingham metropolis centre after three individuals had been killed within the early hours of Tuesday. The world No 44 is at present competing within the Nottingham Challenger and was within the space hours earlier than the tragic assault.

Murray is the highest seed in Nottingham this week, the place he’s hoping to proceed his grass-court kind after profitable the title in Surbiton on Sunday. He was capable of get his marketing campaign underway towards qualifier Joris De Loore however didn’t know whether or not the match would go forward after the horrific killings.

The match held a minute of silence for the three victims forward of play on Wednesday. And Murray mentioned there have been issues greater than tennis as he reacted to the incident on Tuesday.

“It was obviously shocking when I woke up this morning and when I was going down to breakfast a few messages on our team chat came up,” the highest seed mentioned. The three-time Grand Slam champion had been within the space hours earlier than the assault occurred.

He continued: “We are staying within the metropolis centre and had been out for dinner final night time and strolling round these areas. You by no means anticipate one thing like that to occur, it was actually stunning.

“I didn’t know if it was going to have an effect on something right here or not as a result of the streets had been closed this morning. Really stunning and clearly heartbreaking for the victims and the individuals concerned so hopefully everyone seems to be protected now.