You’re a Wimbledon superfan if you can spot the mistake in Andy Murray painting celebrating his famous first SW19 title
WIMBLEDON commissioned an artist to produce a piece marking the tenth anniversary of Andy Murray’s first triumph at the Championships.
Before publishing it to their social media outlets, however, they had to correct a gaffe.
Can you spot the mistake?
Murray went into the 2013 Wimbledon Championships as a Grand Slam-winner, having prevailed at the US Open the previous year.
The Scot went on to defeat Novak Djokovic in straight sets to end Britain’s 77-year wait for a home men’s champion at Wimbledon.
Artist Grant Gruenhaupt produced a stunning piece marking a decade since Murray’s historic victory.
Half of the painting depicts Murray’s 2013 celebrations on Centre Court, with the other showing a young Andy playing in his garden.
Gruenhaupt posted his work to his Instagram account, writing: “The 4th illustration in the series, featuring 2x champ Andy Murray. From practicing as a kid in Dunblane, to reaching the pinnacle in 2013.”
The piece was generally well received, although the most eagled-eyed fans will have noticed an error.
And it relates to the scoreboard.
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As previously mentioned, Murray won the match in straight sets; 6-4, 7-5, 6-4.
The match is particularly well remembered for its agonising final game, in which Djokovic saved three Championship points in a row at 40-0 – with Murray having to save break back points before getting the job done.
In Gruenhaupt’s artwork, however, the scoreboard reads that Djokovic won the second set 7-5, which was not the case.
When posting the image to their own social media accounts, Wimbledon fixed the scoreboard gaffe.
The series of paintings have received criticism, with Murray himself describing one of them as “strange”.
In a piece depicting Wimbledon’s best rivalries past and present, Murray did not feature at all.
What the Scot took exception to, however, was that the women, including icons such as the Williams sisters, were largely shunted to the back – with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz taking centre stage.
He said: “That was what was slightly strange.
“I guess the players that are on the poster are ones that have had incredible careers and have been unbelievably successful at Wimbledon.
“But elsewhere are some of the greatest players of all time. For me, Alcaraz and Sinner are unbelievable players but it just seems strange that they were all sort of behind them.
“I personally don’t really care that much about it. But I can see when you look at it’s like, ‘that does look a bit strange’. Me not being on it is certainly not a problem.”
Murray is bidding to book a spot in the third round to face Laslo Djere when he resumes his battle with Stefanos Tsitsipas this afternoon.
The 36-year-old took a two sets to one lead over the fifth seed last night, before play was curtailed due to a local curfew.