‘I wouldn’t go and play there’ - Andy Murray rules out playing in Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia has hosted exhibition tennis events, with world number one Daniil Medvedev winning the inaugural Diriyah Tennis Cup in Saudi Arabia in 2019, which featured a $3 million prize pot.

Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal had been due to meet in an exhibition match in Saudi Arabia in 2018 but it was called off after Nadal picked up an ankle injury.“They put on an event in Saudi Arabia a few years ago and I was offered to play there,” Murray told a news conference on Saturday, in advance of the start of Wimbledon.

“I know a number of the other guys on the tour were offered to play there,” he said. “A lot of the top players turned it down. I wouldn’t go and play there.” The grass court Grand Slam begins on Monday, with Murray facing Australia’s James Duckworth in the first round.

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