Andy Murray trolls Sky Sports pundit with dollar signs after tennis pal’s role in controversial Saudi tournament
Murray landed first trophy in new sport following tennis retirement
ANDY MURRAY trolled a Sky Sports pundit with dollar signs over their role in a controversial Saudi tournament.
The Six Kings Slam takes place in Riyadh this season with Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune all competing.
The Middle East event promised players a whopping £1.12million appearance fee just for turning up.
Incredibly, the winner of Saturday’s final between Sinner and Alcaraz is set to pocket £4.6m – double the amount Alcaraz received for winning Wimbledon and the largest prize in tennis history.
And Murray, 37, could not resist a cheeky dig at his close pal Liam Broady for signing up to cover the event – hinting he too was being paid handsomely for the gig.
It all started when the lefty British tennis ace – who has twice reached the third round at Wimbledon – shared the Six Kings Slam’s five-minute trailer at the end of September.
Broady, 30, wrote: “Speechless as to how damn cool this promo is. Probably best I’ve ever seen in tennis. Would watch this movie. 10/10.”
But cynic Murray hit back with his dry sense of humour: “Except it’s not a movie and you won’t watch it because it’s an exhibition tennis event that nobody cares about,” followed by a thumbs-up emoji.
World No478 Broady replied: “Omfg man why you so negative,” to which Muzza simply added a fishing emoji, suggesting his friend had nibbled.
Then on Wednesday, Murray reignited their latest hilarious social media spat.
