During a recent The Soda Room podcast, Andy Murray opened up about his title and the knighthood.
Former world no. 1 was honored back in 2019, as part of the late Queen's New Year Honours List. It happened after his second Wimbledon victory, which elevated him to the top spot in the world in November 2016.
“I haven't got anything from it yet. It's strange to be honest. I was grateful for the recognition and everything but I also felt a bit uncomfortable with it because of my age. I always thought calling people 'Sir' was reserved for teachers or your elders and I felt very young to have that title."
"It was really young. It's probably something that if it had come after my career it might have been better. I've always felt a bit uncomfortable with that title."
In 2022, the Scot was awarded the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian award, for donating his prize money to help children in Ukraine. During the talk, he also spoke about his decision to do that.
"Since having children I've found those sort of images and seeing children suffering or being away from their families absolutely horrific. To put yourself in that situation I don't know what I would do. The only thing I felt I could do was to donate funds to try and help kids who are in brutal situations and hopefully the money went some way to help with that."
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