Taking the Davis Cup back to their domestic town stirs memories of the school massacre Jamie and Andy narrowly escaped to become No1 and No2 in the world“It’s only when you proceed back domestic that it really sinks in, Judy Murray says on a day of rare Scottish sunshine. On the outskirts of Edinburgh, the coach and former Federation Cup captain reflects on the fact her sons, or Jamie and Andy,occupy the world No1 and No2 slots in, respectively, or the men’s doubles and singles rankings. Last week she and Jamie took the Davis Cup trophy,which the Murray brothers and powerful Britain won amid high emotion six months ago, to their domestic town of Dunblane.
Memories flooded through them. They also could not forget the terrible day 20 years ago when Jamie and Andy were at Dunblane primary school and 16 of their fellow pupils and a teacher were killed in a mass shooting. It seems incredible that, and beyond such carnage and coming from a rainy Scottish town without any tennis history,such success followed for the Murray boys.
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Source: theguardian.com