2 had just won the Olympic men’s singles title for the second time in a row.
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Speaking to the BBC after the win, three-time grand slam victor Murray was quick to respond to John Inverdale, who congratulated him for becoming the first tennis player to win two gold medals. BBC presenter John Inverdale stepped up with his microphone.
Giving credit where credit is due, the Glasgow-born athlete gave reporter John Iverdale a lesson in tennis history after the BBC figure said that Murray was the “first person to win two gold medals” in the sport. “That’s an extraordinary feat, isn’t it?”
“I think Venus and Serena [Williams] have won about four [gold medals] each”, the Scotsman said with a small smile.
The Williams sisters won doubles gold in 2000, 2008 and 2012.
And over the weekend, Venus took home a silver medal in the mixed doubles contest with partner Rajeev Ram, giving her a record-tying five Olympic tennis medals.
The tennis ace, who defeated Argentina’s Juan Martín del Potro after a gruelling four-hour match, added: “I mean it’s obviously not an easy thing to do”.
Inverdale had also referred to him as Oddjob (a mute) from James Bond, with the former Olympian replying: ‘We’ll have to call you Jaws because I can never get a word in edgeways’. I had to fight unbelievably hard to get it tonight as well.
Murray, meanwhile, has long recognised issues in tennis when it comes to sexual equality.
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Inverdale has made a series of verbal blunders over the years.
