LONDON, UK
\nThree-times Grand Slam winner Andy Murray has ruled out any possibility of playing in Saudi Arabia in the future, adding that he had previously turned down an offer to play in the kingdom.
\nBritish media reports last week said Saudi Arabia had expressed an interest in hosting a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour.
\nProfessional golf has become caught up in controversy in recent months over the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, which has been feuding with the PGA Tour and drawn criticism from several professional golfers, in part over human rights concerns.
\n\u201cThey put on an event in Saudi Arabia a few years ago and I was offered to play there,\u201d Murray told a news conference on Saturday, ahead of the start of Wimbledon.
\n\u201cI know a number of the other guys on the tour were offered to play there,\u201d he said. \u201cA lot of the top players turned it down. I wouldn\u2019t go and play there.\u201d
\nThe grasscourt Grand Slam begins on Monday, with Murray facing Australia\u2019s James Duckworth in the first round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LONDON, UK Three-times Grand Slam winner Andy Murray has ruled out any possibility of playing in Saudi Arabia in the future, adding that he had previously turned down an offer to play in the kingdom. British media reports last week said Saudi Arabia had expressed an interest in hosting a tennis tournament on the WTA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4795,501,9056],"class_list":{"0":"post-268367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-andy-murray","9":"tag-saudi-arabia","10":"tag-tennis-star"},"yoast_head":"\n