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Andy Murray is currently playing at the Swiss Indoors ATP tournament in Basel
Andy Murray has revealed a hilarious message that he sent to Roger Federer after arriving in the global superstar’s home city. Murray is in Basel, playing at the Swiss Indoors ATP 500 tournament. Here’s what the die-hard Arsenal fan texted Federer after landing in the city.
Murray apparently feels that Federer is not the biggest sporting superstar coming out of Switzerland. Well, this is what he told reporters in a brief interaction: “I messaged Roger, when I landed in Basel, and I said that I just touched down in the city of one of the world’s greatest ever athletes – Granit Xhaka.” It was on a lighter not, of course, but the fact that Murray absolutely loves the former Arsenal captain, Xhaka.
Meanwhile, Murray has won his first match at the Swiss Indoors and is set to face Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut in the next round tomorrow.
Fans certainly appreciate Murray’s sense of humour and the news has gone viral in no time. Let us look at some reactions from fans on Twitter.
“It seems Andy is not quite as funny as his dad, Bill”, trolled a fan.
“We were so wrong about Xhaka in the right system he looks a different player but World’s greatest ever athletes?”, wrote a fan who seems to have taken the statement too seriously.
“I never knew Andy Murray was an Arsenal fan, but I like him even more now”, read another tweet.
“How else would you recognise an Arsenal fan if they aren’t exaggerating?”, joked another fan.
“I’ve backed Xhaka from the first day stepped on the carpet and right now I’m very happy for my Gooner Granit,we’ve proved guys wrong”, tweeted another fan.
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