Scottish independence unlikely, says Andy Murray

Andy Murray: Won gold in London representing Team GB

But the Scot, who won Olympic Gold at London 2012 for Great Britain, admitted he was not expecting the Yes camp to win. The British No 1 said: “If it happened, if Scotland became independent, then I imagine I would be playing for Scotland.

“I haven’t thought that much about it yet because I don’t think it’s looking too likely that it’s going to happen. But if it did happen, then it would be pretty much the first time in my life that I would have ever represented Scotland.

“Ever since I started travelling to tournaments, since I was 11 years old, I played under Great Britain, always travelled to team events or overseas, and we were always Great Britain. That’s normal to me.”

Murray was speaking after making it through to the third round of the US Open with a straight sets win over German qualifier Matthias Bachinger in the early hours of yesterday.

Asked about the debates surrounding independence, he said: “I’ve followed it very closely. I watched 45 minutes of the second debate. But I didn’t see the first one. I’m not going into that. I don’t want to talk about politics in here. I’ll worry about my tennis.”