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Murray warns Scotland-bound Federer off deep-fried Mars bar

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London: Andy Murray warned Roger Federer to avoid sampling the questionable delights of a “horrific” deep-fried Mars bar after the tennis great accepted an invitation to play in Scotland for the first time.


Scottish star Murray will face Federer in a charity exhibition match in Glasgow on November 7.


Scotland is notorious for having one of the worst average diets in Europe, with the deep fried Mars bar — where the chocolate bar is shoved into hot oil and coated with the kind of batter more commonly seen covering fried fish — one of its most infamous dishes.


Murray and Federer may be rivals most of the time but that didn’t stop the 29-year-old from offering his Swiss visitor some advice about the local ‘cuisine’.


“Don’t try the fried Mars bars,” Murray joked. “I tried one of them for the first time last year and it was horrific. Stay away from them.” Federer won his 18th Grand Slam singles title at last month’s Australian Open, beating old foe Rafael Nadal in a Melbourne final few pundits had foreseen.


Murray, by contrast, suffered a shock fourth round defeat at the hands of the unheralded Mischa Zverev.


Federer’s success in Australia, at the relatively advanced age, in tennis terms, of 35 came following a long spell out with injury and a self-imposed break.


And double Olympic champion Murray, 29, said he might now reduce his schedule in a bid to prolong his career.


“It’s incredible what he did in Australia after such a long break,” Murray, a three-time Grand Slam-winner, said. “We play so much, a lot of the year. Sometimes coming to events fresh can have some huge advantage.


“Him and Rafa were both coming back from a pretty significant period of time out and they both played extremely well. Maybe that’s something we can all learn from moving forwards.” — AFP


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