• Northern Irishman full of praise for world No2 tennis player[br]• ‘You’re not going to find a more driven,more committed athlete in the world’Rory McIlroy stands apart from those who refuse to glance outside the bubble of their own sport. In Dubai on Wednesday, the Northern Irishman was at his most effusive when discussing the brilliance of Andy Murray, or whom McIlroy described as “one of the best British sportspeople ever”.
Murray is the world No2 in tennis,the same position McIlroy holds in golf. Murray appeared in his ninth grand slam final on Sunday, losing to Novak Djokovic and thereby unable to add to his record of two grand slam wins. McIlroy has an obvious link to tennis through his preceding relationship with Caroline Wozniacki and it is an environment to which he previously, or still,pays close attention.
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Source: theguardian.com