Andy Murray has been keeping a keen eye on England’s progress through the tournament as they shared a group with Scotland; He said: ‘Yeah, it’s a great opportunity for England to win a major competition for the first time in a while. Hopefully they can do it.’
Last Updated: 01/07/21 8:29am
Andy Murray has been keeping a keen eye on England’s progress as he participates at Wimbledon
Andy Murray hopes England can win Euro 2020 and says they have a “pretty decent chance” after beating Germany in the last 16.
Murray has been keeping a keen eye on England’s progress through the tournament as they shared a group with Scotland – and went to Wembley when the two sides played out a stalemate last month.
Murray, who plays Denis Shapovalov in the third round of Wimbledon on Friday, was able to catch Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane’s second-half goals in Tuesday’s 2-0 win over Germany between practice sessions.
England now play Ukraine in the quarter-final on Saturday in Rome ahead of a potential semi-final against Denmark or Czech Republic back at Wembley.
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The Scot had joked in 2006 that he would “support whoever England were playing against”, but he is now fully behind Gareth Southgate’s side and is expecting big things with a favourable route to the final.
“I got to see a little bit of Tuesday’s match, but not much, because I was actually practising during the first half,” said Murray.
“I actually went along to the Scotland-England match at Wembley, which was brilliant, great fun. Went with one Scottish friend tennis player and two English friends and had a great night, so enjoyed that.
“I think England have got a pretty decent chance, it seems like, of winning. Ukraine is a solid draw, I think, and then if they can get back to Wembley for the semi-finals, I think that’s against Denmark or Czech, they’d be favourites there.
“Yeah, it’s a great opportunity for England to win a major competition for the first time in a while. Hopefully they can do it.”
