Andy Murray says he really wanted to meet Ali

PARIS — Andy Murray has been a big boxing fan throughout his career. After his French Open final Sunday, he was asked about the death of Muhammad Ali and what it meant to him.

"Yeah, it was a shame," he said. "I mean, yeah, he's an amazing man. I watched and read, you know, a lot about him. Even like over the last day or so,  I went on the BBC Sport web page and it was like first 11 stories were all on him and all different things.

"Some were him speaking to kids; some were him the way that he talked before his fights; some were stories of other boxers who fought against him or had met him and what he meant to them.

"He was clearly just an amazing man. He was actually the one person I had always said I would love to meet him. I don't meet loads of famous people, but he's one famous person I would have loved to meet. I'm sad about that, as well."