Wait, What The What?!
Murray is from Scotland, a country with its own government and own flag. How then, can all of England claim him as theirs? They hail him as the first "Brit" to win the Gentlemen's Championship at the All England Lawn Tennis Club since Fred Perry in 1936.
But anyone whose historical acumen is as deep as Braveheart realizes Scotland and England are hardly one in the same. The two countries play against each other in rugby and next month at Wembley Stadium there is a huge soccer match pitting, yep, England vs. Scotland.
Imagine the United States celebrating a Wimbledon win by a player from Guam or Puerto Rico or Canada as one by an "American." It's rubbish, I say.
Tennis is fantastic. From its best-in-sports replay system to no coaching and no timeouts and the fact that Murray got a huge assist on Sunday from what Juan Martin Del Potro did to Djokovic on Friday - 5 sets over 4 hours.
But, I know, we watch tennis for totally different reasons. Me: the shots. You: the skirts.
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