Andy Murray defended his Olympic title last night with an exhausting 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro, a victory achieved in two minutes over the four-hour mark.
It was the latest achievement in a magnificent year for Murray, adding to his Wimbledon title by becoming the first man to successfully defend an Olympic singles title.
This nuance evaded the BBC's John Inverdale, who told Murray that he was the first person to win two Olympic golds. This is not true, and Murray put him in his place:
John Inverdale (BBC) says to Murray that he's the first to win 2 Olympic tennis golds. Murray's response:"Venus and Serena have won 4 each."
— Shane Thomas (@tokenbg) August 15, 2016
Watch the full interview below, with the infamous Inverdale question near the end:
Inverdale is no stranger to controversy.
On the day of the Wimbledon final in 2013, Inverdale made the following comments about Marion Bartoli:
I just wonder if her dad, because he has obviously been the most influential person in her life, I just wonder if her dad did say to her when she was 12, 13, 14 maybe, 'Listen, you are never going to be, you know, a looker. "You are never going to be somebody like a Sharapova, you're never going to be 5ft 11, you're never going to be somebody with long legs, so you have to compensate for that. You are going to have to be the most dogged, determined fighter that anyone has ever seen on the tennis court if you are going to make it," and she kind of is.
Inverdale later apologised for comments he deemed "ham-fisted", and said that he had written a letter of apology to Bartoli. Inverdale was later dropped as the presenter of the BBC's Wimbledon coverage in favour of Clare Balding.
