‘It’s a smart play’ – Andy Murray disputes claim that underarm serves are disrespectful after Wimbledon trick

Andy Murray has disputed claims that the underarm serve is disrespectful following his first-round win over James Duckworth at Wimbledon. Murray, who overcame the Australian 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4, dropped an underarm serve during the third set. He won the point.

Ad/> It is a tactic that has also been deployed by Nick Kyrgios and has historically not gone down well with the crowd, but the 35-year-old cannot understand why there is such strong opposition against it. WimbledonFired-up Murray roars back to beat Duckworth in opener at Wimbledon14 HOURS AGO “I personally have no issue with players using it. I never have,” Murray said in his post-match press conference.

“Certainly, more and more players have started returning from further behind the baseline now to give themselves an advantage to return. The underarm serve is a way of saying, 'If you’re going to step back there, then I’m going to possibly throw that in'. “I don’t know why people have ever found it potentially disrespectful or… I don’t know.

I’ve never understood that. It’s a legitimate way of serving. I would never use an underarm serve if someone was standing on the baseline because I think it’s a stupid idea because they’re going to track it down and it’s easy to get.

Raducanu looks to emulate Nadal 'fight and energy' after first-round win Schett ‘very impressed’ with Raducanu’s first-round win at Wimbledon “If they stand four or five meters behind the baseline, then why would you not do that to try to bring them forward if they’re not comfortable returning there? Tactically it’s a smart play. No one says it’s disrespectful for someone to return from six meters, whatever, five meters behind the baseline to try to get an advantage. “So, I used it not to be