Johanna Konta put Brexit on the back burner

No doubt Brexit has had a profound effect on Great Britain, but players such as Andy Murray and Johanna Konta remained more or less reticent when asked about it Saturday.

Johanna Konta, Britain’s highest-ranked woman, played two matches in nearby Eastbourne on the infamous day in question.

No athlete in Great Britain is bigger than Andy Murray.

As a native of Glasgow, Scotland, Murray was watching closely when his home country recently held a referendum on splitting from the United Kingdom.

Now a resident of London — which, as a city, voted to stay in the EU — Murray is said to have an avid interest in political events.

Great Britain’s exit from the European Union has prompted Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to re-examine another independence referendum.

Hours before the polls opened for Scotland’s original referendum in September 2014, Murray tweeted: “Huge day for Scotland today.

Because of the EU’s freedom of movement principle, athletes are allowed to play in the United Kingdom without a work permit that is required of the majority of non-EU citizens.

No one knows exactly what the new regulations will be, but with some 100 active Premier League players who would have failed to gain a work permit, the future will look different.

Federer, a cosmopolitan citizen of the globe, said he thought the folks in Brussels, the heart of the European Union, have a lot of work ahead of them.