Tennis champ Andy Murray set for knighthood in the New Year Honours list after his second Wimbledon title this year
TENNIS hero Andy Murray looks set to cap a golden year with a knighthood after his name was put forward for Britain’s highest honour on a special Olympic honours list.
The World Number 1 is odds-on favourite to receive the nod in the New Year Honours after following up his second Wimbledon title with Gold in Rio.
A Whitehall insider said: “Most, if not all, gold medallists were put in for something”.
Murray is not guaranteed the gong, however, after being snubbed in the 2015 list despite David Cameron saying he could not think of anyone "more deserving" of the honour in 2013.
“They might take the view that he is too young. There is a decent argument for that, to be honest, which he has made himself”, the source told The Sunday Times.
The Scot played down the prospect of becoming Sir Andy after leapfrogging Novak Djokovic to claim the No.1 spot in November.
“A knighthood is the highest you can get in this country,” he said. “I feel like I am too young for something like that”
"When I win any award or am presented with anything it is nice because it is recognition for what you have given your life to.
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"I am still young and there are a lot of things that can go wrong. I could still mess up and make mistakes.
"I am just trying to keep doing what I am doing, working hard and achieving stuff."
Murray, who picked up an OBE in 2013, is expected to pick up a third BBC sports personality of the year after reaching 13 finals in 17 tournaments and running up 24 consecutive wins.