Andy Murray is Scottish. I am Scottish. A mere coincidence. An acquaintance, who happens to be English - let's call him Mr. X - keeps referring to Andy Murray as 'your man.' How is he 'my man?' On Saturday, Mr. X said, 'I guess you'll be supporting your man, then. I'll be supporting the other one, because Murray doesn't give good interviews.'
I said, 'I hope he wins, but I'll be watching it on TV. How is Andy Murray going to experience any support from me? And I think you have to be a good tennis player to win the Wimbledon final - giving good interviews doesn't really come into it, does it?' There was a lot more that was too boring to go into.
Today, Monday, after Murray's exciting win, I smiled and said to Mr. X, with obvious provocation, 'Your man lost then.'
'I couldn't really support a Serbian.'
'Why not? He's an amazing player.'
'Well,... '
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