Sir Andy Murray admitted he was left feeling “upset and offended” on the revelations of his mom Judy that she had been sexually assaulted.
The 62-year-old tennis coach had saved the incident secret from her youthful son for eight years because it occurred at an awards dinner at a number one academic institution.
However final month she warned Murray, 35, that she was going to jot down about it within the Scottish Put up in response to accusations of misogynist and sexist feedback that had been made at a Scottish Soccer Writers’ Affiliation dinner.
“My brother Jamie was conscious of the incident, I wasn't,” Murray instructed Bloomberg.
“My mum did message me on the time to let me know that there was an article popping out about it.
“And yeah, I used to be clearly actually upset for her.
“I used to be fairly offended, but in addition I did not know fairly precisely what to say.
“Clearly, I messaged my mum. I referred to as her the next day to speak to her to make it possible for she was okay.
“It is, clearly, a well-recognized story for lots of girls, and yeah, that kind of behaviour should not be tolerated wherever.”
Former Fed Cup captain Judy wrote that a “senior government” had put his hand on her knee on the desk after which down her trousers.
Murray has at all times been outspoken on equality points having beforehand been one of many few prime male gamers to work beneath a feminine coach in Amelie Mauresmo.
He was additional requested about his ideas on the choice of Jake Daniels to come back out because the nation’s first homosexual energetic male skilled footballer - and the place tennis stands on the identical problem.
“Actually in tennis, there's been no male tennis gamers have come out as homosexual while they've nonetheless been taking part in,” he stated.
“A number of have come out post-career, so we might should ask the query as to why that's the case and why they nonetheless do not feel snug to come back out while they're nonetheless energetic.
“However I'd hope that it could be considered positively by the entire gamers, and that is actually been the case on the feminine facet.”
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