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Andy Murray will likely be a part of the Wimbledon panorama endlessly.
An Andy Murray statue will likely be erected on the Wimbledon grounds by 2027, AELTC Chair Debbie Jevans advised the Ainslie + Ainslie Efficiency Folks podcast in feedback printed by BBC as we speak.
“We wish to have a statue of Andy Murray right here [at Wimbledon] and we’re working intently with him and his workforce,” Jevans mentioned on the podcast.
“The ambition is that we might unveil that on the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of our first championship, which was 1877. He’s obtained to rightly be very concerned in that and he and his workforce will likely be.”
Final July, All England Garden Tennis Membership CEO Sally Bolton mentioned throughout Wimbledon the membership plans a “long-lasting tribute” to Murray on the grounds.
First, officers need to talk about potential plans with the three-time Grand Slam champion to make sure Murray approves earlier than launching the challenge.
The enduring Fred Perry statue will be getting some firm: an Andy Murray statue that may join the nation’s pre-Open Wimbledon champion Perry with Open Period champion Murray, who defeated Novak Djokovic within the 2013 Wimbledon closing changing into the primary British man since Perry in 1936 to win Wimbledon.
“As we mentioned earlier than: the plans for celebrating Andy’s profession are broader than simply what we determined to do on courtroom.” Bolton advised about 10 journalists in a brief Q&A throughout the second week of Wimbledon final July. “So we’ve talked a few statue on the grounds someplace.
“I feel our view is that with these components of a longer-lasting tribute we actually need to have interaction with Andy on what these seem like.
“We don’t assume there’s a rush to do these issues. Our plan is to work with Andy [on a tribute].”
