Infuriated Jamie Murray claims ‘people wanna kill us’ as tennis star demands ATP action
Jamie Murray launched a scathing attack on the way doubles tennis has been marketed and scheduled in recent years. The seven-time Grand Slam champion ripped into the ATP for failing to promote the doubles while claiming that some people “wanna kill us”. An “infuriated” Murray revealed that he sent a document to the tour with his own suggestions for the doubles as he claimed officials were underestimating their value.
After 20 years on the tour, Jamie Murray is a veteran. The elder Murray brother has reached the top of the rankings, lifted two men’s doubles Grand Slam titles and five Major trophies in the mixed. And the 38-year-old has now been left “infuriated” after watching doubles get left behind, taking matters into his own hands by confronting the ATP Tour with his own proposals.
It comes as the ATP is undertaking a review into the doubles, with claims that the future of the sport is uncertain. And Murray believes that the tour could easily boost the game instead of tossing it to one side. “I don’t know what the outcome will be, but I think it’s not a great path we’re going down now because it feels like some people wanna kill us, I don’t know,” he told Tennis Majors.
“It just feels like it’s slowly going downhill and eventually, people are just like ‘It sucks, we don’t need it. It just doesn’t do anything for us.’ Whereas, actually, with a bit of care and attention, you could elevate it and bring more value to the Tour. I sent a document to them with all the issues I see. And things that don’t cost money to change.”
