Wimbledon planning to honour Andy Murray with statue
Wimbledon plans to pay tribute to retiring former champion Andy Murray with a statue at its home, tournament chief executive Richard Lewis said on Monday (AEDT).
"We always felt that when Andy retired that would be the appropriate time to recognise his extraordinary career," Lewis said in an interview on BBC Radio Five Live's 'Sportsweek' program.
"I'm sure something like that will be done."
A tearful Murray said last week that he plans to retire because of a hip injury that's kept him sidelined for most of the past 18 months. He said that if possible he would like to make Wimbledon, which takes place in early July, his last tournament.
Murray twice won Wimbledon and he captured one of his two Olympic titles at the southwest London venue in 2012. The Scot also won the US Open in 2012, reached the final of the French and Australian Opens and led Great Britain to a Davis Cup triumph in 2015.
The Australian Open starts in Melbourne on Monday and Murray faces the gritty 22nd-seeded Roberto Bautista-Agut of Spain in the first round.
Other great British players honored with sculptures at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club that hosts Wimbeldon include Fred Perry and Virginia Wade.
Bloomberg