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Murray receives OBE from Queen
- Updated: October 25, 2016
Jamie Murray has been awarded an OBE for services to his sport and charity.
The 30-year-old, whose younger brother Andy is the defending Wimbledon champion, has won the US and Australian Open men’s doubles titles in the last year, as well as helping Great Britain claim the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936.
After receiving the OBE from the Queen during a Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony, he said: “I never expected this, and it’s not something you think about.
“It’s amazing to be honoured like this for some of the achievements I’ve been able to do in my tennis career.”
Murray began playing tennis alongside his younger sibling as a 4-year-old and turned professional at 18.
The brothers were set on the road to tennis stardom by their mother, Judy, a tennis coach and former captain of Great Britain’s Fed Cup team. …
