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Britain’s Andy Murray reacts
during a press conference
at the Australian Open tennis
championships in Melbourne,
Australia, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019.
Associated Press
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By STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer
The outpouring of sadness
and respect in Britain over
the news of Andy Mur-
ray’s imminent retirement
makes it easy to forget the
emotional barrier that ex-
isted for so long between
the Scottish tennis great
and sports fans in his own
country.
Grumpy, sulky, petulant,
cold. That was the initial
view toward Murray, who
will end his career — some-
time this year, it seems —
as one of Britain’s greatest
ever sportspeople as well
as a champion of equality,
a role model and a shining Flyers puzzled by fall from
example of how to maxi-
mize talent. playoffs to worst in the East
It was a tearful Murray who
said Friday his battle with
a long-standing hip injury
was making his day-to-day Philadelphia Flyers’ Travis Konecny celebrates his goal
life a “struggle.” And it was during the second period of the team’s NHL hockey
tearful performance on game against the Dallas Stars, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019,
Wimbledon’s Centre Court
years ago which finally per- in Philadelphia.
suaded the British public to Associated Press
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