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Murray: Wimbledon no exhibition

By MIKE DICKSON

ANDY MURRAY last night hit back at players saying Wimbledon will be just an exhibition event with ranking points removed. The 35-year-old Scot, twice a champion at SW19, has stayed neutral on banning Russian players, but is riled by claims the points ban diminishes the event. ‘I follow golf closely and have no idea how many ranking points the winner of the Masters gets,’ he said via social media. ‘Me and my friends love football and none of us know or care how many ranking points a team gets for winning the World Cup, but I could tell you exactly who won. ‘Most people watching Wimbledon wouldn’t know or care how many points a player gets for winning a third-round match. ‘Wimbledon will never be an exhibition and will never feel like an exhibition.’ Murray may have read the public mood correctly, but draws a false equivalence with other sports as rankings are key to how tennis operates. Unlike in golf they decide where in the draw a player sits, or if they are seeded. Meetings are planned for this weekend at Roland Garros, with Wimbledon chairman Ian Hewitt and chief executive Sally Bolton travelling to Paris.

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