Hitman
Bionic Poster
He deserves it for everything he did for British tennis at their home slam.
No, it's not April Fools: A statue of Andy Murray is due to be unveiled at Wimbledon in 2027
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He deserves it for everything he did for British tennis at their home slam.
NoleFam
Bionic Poster
Nothing surprising. The UK goes hard for their heroes and heroines. Virginia Wade won 3 Slams, including Wimbledon, and has a bust on the grounds so why wouldn't Murray get one? I guess he will join Fred Perry with his own statue. Everyday someone is complaining about something. Lol. Congrats to Murray.
Dominic & Andrey
Legend
Although there are far greater Wimbledon players, Murray obviously is a living legend here nonetheless so I can understand this very subjective choice. I can see points to the arguments of both those who find it absolutely deserved and those who could find it a tad surprising .
I guess the mentioning of Nadal's honors at the FO is a bit odd to me because in Nadal's case none of those were garnered because of any patriotic perspective but only from an objective record breaking standpoint. Two very different situations. Here it is a combination of Murray's achievements...and something else. Which is fine. I don't think it's either good or bad really.
I guess the mentioning of Nadal's honors at the FO is a bit odd to me because in Nadal's case none of those were garnered because of any patriotic perspective but only from an objective record breaking standpoint. Two very different situations. Here it is a combination of Murray's achievements...and something else. Which is fine. I don't think it's either good or bad really.
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Rebel-I.N.S
Hall of Fame
Congratulations to all the true believers in The Muzziah Manor.
Maddamhussein
Rookie
Yeah you might be right.Has someone who isn't an ATG ever been honoured this much?
You wouldn't have the main court at the US Open named after a 3 slam winner, would you?
Maddamhussein
Rookie
That goes well with the profile pic to be fair...
Congratulations to all the true believers in The Muzziah Manor.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Wimbledon has a long tradition of honouring its home grown heroes. It belatedly erected a statue to triple Wimbledon champion Fred Perry (after years of neglect) and has erected busts of recent lady champions such as Mortimer, Jones and Wade. It's only logical that Andy should be similarly honoured as the only British man to win Wimbledon after Perry.
Maybe it's time the AELTC should get a bit more cosmopolitan and honour the foreign players who have won multiple titles at Wimbleon but that shouldn't affect any decision to honour Andy.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
May get one when he wins the title or, at least, a bust. Until then.....nada.
Freudian slip?No one deserved it more, congratulations to Sir Andy Murray
Forever immortalized on the scared grounds of Wimbledon.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Perry got a statue (won 3 titles) and Wade and other lady champions have got busts so why shouldn't Andy (who won 2 titles plus the Olympics title there) not be similarly honoured? In fact, given what they have done for previous British champions it would be scandalous if they didn't!!
Federev
G.O.A.T.
“We looked at how the FRENCH honored a SPANIARD - a foreigner - who won FOURTEEN SLAMS at their place in Paris and we naturally thought ‘what should the UK do for their own TWO time champ because he’s British?’”
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For now, not enough of an achievement for a bust, maybe something smaller. Hmm... what part of The Peniston could be immortalized if smaller than a bust?
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Nope, see my comments about the long tradition of honouring home champions.
The Guru
G.O.A.T.
Who the hell is Philippe Chatrier? Hell even Arthur Ashe isn’t an ATG (not saying he’s a bad choice for the stadium name though)Has someone who isn't an ATG ever been honoured this much?
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Lol....for the zillionth time Scotland is part of the UK and Scottish people are also British people. Everybody hails cycling champion Chris Hoy, a Scotsman, as a great British hero so why on Earth wouldn't they do it for Andy???
JustMy2Cents
Hall of Fame
OK, Mentioning Rafa in this quest for honoring Andy is not for equivalence at their respective achievements
it's to direct our attention to RG and the fact Philippe Chatrier has a stadium named after him, though he didn't win any majors.
Nor did Roland Garros.
Same principle here...it's about local heroes and their contribution in the grand scheme and Andy has the higher performance metric than these guys mentioned.
BauerAlmeida
Legend
Understandable. He's the home hero, not Federer, Djokovic or Nadal (or Sampras, etc).
How "home" really is he since Scotland and England are different countries, is a different story, but it's perfectly clear why he'd be getting one over much more accomplished players.
How "home" really is he since Scotland and England are different countries, is a different story, but it's perfectly clear why he'd be getting one over much more accomplished players.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Has someone who isn't an ATG ever been honoured this much?
He's a British ATG and that's why the premier British tennis tournament is honouring him just like it has honoured other British ATGs. Perfectly reasonable and logical (that is for those of us who are reasonable and logical).
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Different countries but still one nation (that's why it is called the UK). Plus Andy has now lived about half his life in England.
No_Kwan_Do
Professional
Don't see the problem. Lesser British players than Murray have statues there.
NatF
Bionic Poster
Some people are ATG's off the court. Murray is neither.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Precisely. Anyone who tries to argue otherwise is either trolling or just being stupid.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
I see nothing wrong. Murray is British. People must live in reality and not their high expectations virtual reality.
Country comes first.
Country comes first.
Federev
G.O.A.T.
Statues for everyone except Djokovic
Fed doesn’t have a statue as far as I know. Certainly not anywhere at a major.
And Novak doesn’t worry about statues. He has the records …
…And Serbia is going to probably name a city after him soon enough.
Dominic & Andrey
Legend
This could be the ultimate Murray fans vs Murray haters thread
Mainad
Bionic Poster
So you don't think a British tennis player who won 3 titles at Wimbledon is well deserving? Best write to the committee and demand they take down the statue of Perry and the busts of Wade and other British lady champions then.
weakera
Talk Tennis Guru
Not going to let that get in the way of my dunking on Djokovic
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Funny how any information about Murray's tennis reputation causes so many long and multiple threads, isn't it?
Kralingen
Bionic Poster
Certainly he was a key part of his era.So you don't think a British tennis player who won 3 titles at Wimbledon is well deserving? Best write to the committee and demand they take down the statue of Perry and the busts of Wade and other British lady champions then.
Maddamhussein
Rookie
And it's never the Murray fans that go around making grand declarations, it's always the Big 3 acolytes that have to pipe up and start whining.Funny how any information about Murray's tennis reputation causes so many long and multiple threads, isn't it?
Zardoz7/12
Hall of Fame
In the sense of National pride Andy Murray is the greatest British male tennis player in like 90 years, for a country steeped in Tennis tradition, Britain has been fairly mediocre for the last 90 years to be honest.
Look at it from this perspective, an "Immortalised" Murray could serve as an inspiration for other British players but still in Britain Tennis is seen as an "Upper Class" sport whereas Football (Soccer for my American compadres) is an open sport for everyone regardless of background or "class". Is Cricket more popular than Tennis in Britain?
Look at it from this perspective, an "Immortalised" Murray could serve as an inspiration for other British players but still in Britain Tennis is seen as an "Upper Class" sport whereas Football (Soccer for my American compadres) is an open sport for everyone regardless of background or "class". Is Cricket more popular than Tennis in Britain?
Mainad
Bionic Poster
The best British players of recent times have been anything but upper class although there has certainly been class snobbery besmirching the club's reputation in former times.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Lebron James of tennis in many ways.
Kralingen
Bionic Poster
In the sense that they each won titles in the summer of 2012, 2013, and 2016, sure
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
No it's not funny .Funny how any information about Murray's tennis reputation causes so many long and multiple threads, isn't it?
This is social media which gives weight to any voice even if irrelevant.
If there was no sm, we would think , nice , they are acknowledging a British player success and giving other British juniors someone to look up to.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
In the sense they they were key part of their eras and only the greats like Curry, Draymond and Djokovic kept them from reaching the very top of the proverbial list.In the sense that they each won titles in the summer of 2012, 2013, and 2016, sure
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
I say remove voices of non credible people from social media. It would remove 90% or discussion but that is fine. That discussion is irrelevant.
Kralingen
Bionic Poster
What exactly did Curry prevent LeBron from doing?In the sense they they were key part of their eras and only the greats like Curry, Draymond and Djokovic kept them from reaching the very top of the proverbial list.
He became the GOAT regardless of those Finals.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Why are you asking me? I don't watch basketball.
Sport
G.O.A.T.
LeBron James is in GOAT conversations and is the beat player of his era, Murray is neither.
Inaccurate comparison.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
I was trying to wind up Kralingen but I lost today. It's fine.
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