A
lot of people predicted it and it came true when Andy Murray was
crowned sports personality of the year last night. His memorable 2013
Wimbledon win amongst others gave him a impressive 401,407 votes
(56%) which beat the others by miles (His nearest rival was Leigh
Halfpenny who was still 335,557 votes behind). During the star
studded show the audience had to wait to her from Murray at first as
he was apparently taking a shower which lead to his mother Judy
temporary covering him in a unexpected mini interview. Murray who is
currently in the states for pre season training said to the BBC in
his acceptance speech via satellite:-
"I'd
like to thank all the public who voted, for giving me so much support
over the last couple of years," said Murray. "It's made a
huge difference."
"I've
got a few people to thank - my family first. A lot are there in the
crowd. They've supported me since I was a kid, making a lot of
sacrifices for me. I couldn't have done it without you.
"My
team are also all standing behind the camera here. They've been with
me for a long time and I also couldn't have done it without them.
Thank you to all of them."
Of
the public, he added: "I know sometimes I'm not the easiest
person to support but I've had a lot of pressure on me for a long
time. I'm glad I managed to do it.
"No
matter how excited I try to sound, my voice always sounds boring -
that's just my voice. I'm sorry. I'm very excited right now. Thank
you very much everyone."
This is now the
eighth time a tennis player has made the top three of the awards with
four of them winning the title. They were Ann Jones (69),Virginia
Wade (77), Greg Rusedski (97) and now Murray. The ful
video can be seen on here.
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