23/03/2012 11:54 CEST - Clippings

Andy Murray vuole i controlli al cuore nel tennis dopo il collasso di Fabrice Muamba (The Guardian)

Andy Murray has called for regular heart screenings in tennis and other sports following the cardiac arrest suffered by Bolton's Fabrice Muamba on Saturday.

Muamba collapsed during the FA Cup quarter-final against Tottenham at White Hart Lane but the 23-year-old is showing encouraging signs of recovery at the London chest hospital.

Murray, who is preparing for the Miami Masters, told MSN Sport: "I think it's time in almost all sports [that] everybody should have screenings before they can compete.

"This has happened too many times. Here in the States it's happened in high school and college basketball games and, of course, it's happened a few times in football.

"With all the pressure and stress of modern sport you have no idea how much you are pushing yourself on the pitch or court. I think it's something that's just got to be done."

The 24-year-old Scot also revealed that he has his heart checked independently on a regular basis.

"I've been doing my tests for three years now so I have heart scans, heart monitors and other tests," Murray said. "I started when these things seemed to be happening more often.

"But it's not something that's done within tennis. But I just think it should be. Everyone should have a medical or a check-up before you're allowed to compete because it's such a horrible thing for people to witness.

"The reality is if something doesn't happen about it, it's likely to happen again at some stage and it's just so, so horrible. You don't wish something like that to happen to anybody."