‘Are You Suggesting I Should Turn It Down?’- Andy Murray Gets Into a War of Words With a Fan on Twitter

Published 04/21/2022, 5:23 AM EDT

The British tennis professional Andy Murray has drawn some attention recently. The former World no.1 is struggling for a breakthrough since his groin injury in 2019. Even though Murray took part in all the major tournaments this year, he failed to leave an impact.

Recently, his actions and repeated change of decisions brought him under the microscope. The Brit earlier made an announcement of skipping the entire clay court. Thereafter, he accepted a wild card entry into the main draws of the Madrid Open. Thus fueling the fire about engulfing the wild card entries of almost every major tournament.

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Andy Murray Speaks About His Participation in the Madrid Open

The three-time Grand Slam Champion made himself a topic of debate by taking a wild card entry into yet another Masters tournament. Earlier, he tested his luck on the hard courts of the Australian Open and summer doubles by the same means. Therefore, few tennis entities and fans have raised their voice against him for taking the spot repeatedly. To which Andy replied, “More than happy to play qualifying.”

Further, he added, “Will most likely play qualies in Rome. If a tournament invites me to come and play in the main draw, are you suggesting I should turn it down and play quailes?”

More than happy to play qualifying. Will most likely play qualies in Rome. If a tournament invites me to come and play in the main draw are you suggesting I should turn it down and play quailes?
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) April 20, 2022

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Fernando Verdasco’s Take

The Spanish tennis ace and former world no.7 also addressed the matter. Fernando took Instagram as a platform to convey his displeasure. Although he didn’t mention Andy Murray or any other wild card entry players on his note, he wrote about the partial behavior of the tournaments. And captioned the post, “IMPORTANT NOTE 🇪🇸 Please help us spread it and have more strength among all!! Thank you”

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Just like Murray, Verdasco himself lost his ranking due to a prolonged leg injury, and now is not even in the top 100.

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Therefore, the 38-year-old has to play ATP 500 and even ATP 250 tournaments in order to secure a position in such tournaments. Whereas Murray has been playing all the ATP 1000 tournaments without any trouble since the start of the year.

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Mahima Verma is a Tennis writer for EssentiallySports. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Hotel Management from IHM Mumbai. A sports enthusiast, particularly Tennis since her childhood, Mahima believes that she is fortunate enough to witness the legends like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Serena Williams play.

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‘Are You Suggesting I Should Turn It Down?’- Andy Murray Gets Into a War of Words With a Fan on Twitter

Andy Murray Speaks About His Participation in the Madrid Open

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