Murray to be spared nightmare Wimbledon draw despite low ranking


  • Tennis
  • Tuesday, 29 Apr 2014

Britain's Andy Murray returns a shot against Italy's Andreas Seppi during their Davis Cup quarter-final tennis match in Naples April 5, 2014. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

LONDON (Reuters) - Wimbledon champion Andy Murray should be spared a horror draw at this year's tournament despite his recent rankings slide, organisers said on Tuesday.

Murray, who became the first British man to win the men's singles at the grasscourt grand slam for 77 years last July when he beat Novak Djokovic in the final, has sunk to eighth in the ATP rankings which at most tournaments determine seedings.

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