'Sir' Murray: 'Andy Is Good'

He’s currently at the top of the tennis world, but how do Andy Murray’s fellow ATP World Tour stars treat him now that he’s been knighted?

The 29-year-old Scot received the title in Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year’s Honours list, and the recognition hasn’t been ignored by his peers, who have reportedly been calling him “Sir”.

“A few of the players have been joking about it, but I don’t expect any of them to call me by that seriously,” Murray said after his first-round win at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Tuesday. “For me it’s more the sort of honour or recognition of what you’ve achieved. It’s obviously very, very nice.”

Keeping himself grounded, Murray joked he will keep the status quo in terms of what he asks to be called.

“I wouldn’t think I would use the ‘Sir’ much nowadays. I feel like I used to say that to teachers and people much, much older than me.

“Andy is good.”