MURRAY HAS RORY'S BACK

ANDY MURRAY says Rory McIlroy is entitled to feel “frustrated and a bit let down” by golf’s shock merger – and insisted he would never play in Saudi Arabia

- ALEX SPINK

The British star has previously turned down invites to play exhibition tennis events there due to the nation’s human rights record.

And after making hard work yesterday of winning through to the Surbiton Trophy quarter-finals against an opponent new to grass, he made it clear his position remains unchanged.