Andy Murray has spoken out about the “heartbeaking” incident in Nottingham city centre after three people were killed in the early hours of Tuesday.
The world no. 44 is currently competing in the Nottingham Challenger and was in the area hours before the tragic attack. Murray is the top seed in Nottingham this week, where he is hoping to continue his grass-court form ahead of Wimbledon later this summer.
The tournament in Nottingham held a minute of silence for the three victims ahead of play on Wednesday, and Murray said there were things bigger than tennis as he reacted to the incident on Tuesday.
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“It was obviously shocking when I woke up this morning and when I was going down to breakfast a few messages on our team chat came up,” he said. “We are staying in the city centre and had been out for dinner last night and walking around those areas. You never expect something like that to happen, it was really shocking.
“I didn’t know if it was going to affect anything here or not because the streets were closed this morning. Really shocking and obviously heartbreaking for the victims and the people involved so hopefully everyone is safe now.
“We were talking about it this morning, saying that we didn't know if the tournament was going to be suspended for the day because there are way more important things than a tennis event and we didn't know first thing what was going on because it happened in the middle of the night.”
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