British tennis champion Andy Murray has revealed he didn't like it when Alex Salmond unfurled a Scottish flag after his historic triumph over Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon last year.
In his most pointed comments to date on the Scottish independence debate, he added that he had been competing for Britain for 16 years, and that he did not know who he would play for if there is an independent Scotland.
Murray said in an interview with the Sunday Times Style magazine that he met the first minister 'when I went back home to Scotland after the US Open' in 2012.
'He seemed perfectly nice to me but I didn't like it when he [Salmond] got the Scottish flag up at Wimbledon.'
The Olympic gold medallist added: 'I started competing for Great Britain when I was 11. I'm 27 now and I've been competing for Great Britain for 16 years.'
Earlier this year Murray said that he would not comment on the referendum because he did not have a vote himself. Speaking at the BNP Paribas Open in March, he said:
'I don't know a whole lot about politics, and I have made that mistake in the past and it's caused me a headache for seven or eight years of my life and a lot of abuse.
'So I wouldn't consider getting involved in something like that ever again.'
Murray was referring to the furore that followed his joke before the 2006 World Cup that he would be supporting 'anyone but England'.
A spokesman for Salmond said: 'Andy is reigning Wimbledon champion and a great Scottish tennis player. He has made it clear a number of times he doesn't want to comment on Scottish politics. Everyone should just accept that and let him get on with playing tennis.'
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