Of course if Andy didn't take a MD WC that one would almost certainly be awarded to someone else so the same net position for players bordering on the MD or qualifying.

So what Andy is taking away is another player's WC rather than a ranking 'earned' place, which always have to be considered allowing for WCs.

Whether Andy gets too many may be open to debate but it is very understandable that individual tournaments choose to give one to him

Andy's thoughts on Sue Barker extracted from an article by Stu Fraser & John Westerby in Friday's Times headed "Andy Murray rents London flat to avoid Wimbledon delays":

Meanwhile, Murray has paid tribute to the BBC's Wimbledon presenter Sue Barker as she prepares to step down after 30 years. The pair developed a close friendship after becoming acquainted through interviews and documentaries. "Away from the camera, I always loved chatting to Sue," Murray, 35, said. "It was like chatting to my mum, or a relative almost. She has that warmth.

Usually you do interviews on the TV and it doesn't always feel the most natural to me. But with her, a lot of the time I felt like she was able to make you forget about that.  When I would go to the studio at Wimbledon, she made it feel more relaxed. It was like you're chatting to someone in the living room or whatever. That was what I really loved about her. She also seems like a genuinely nice person. I've watched her on the TV growing up, whether that was at Wimbledon or on a Question of Sport.

She was obviously an amazing tennis player [Barker won the 1976 French Open]. A lot of people maybe don't realise that about her because she has become so good at what she does now. To now be known as something different is pretty, pretty cool."

The article is inevitably behind a paywall.  If I could remember how that Archive Today thingy worked, I'd use it to provide a link.  

Bob in Spain wrote:

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This has to be one of the most amazing stories about someone who watched Andy win his 2nd Wimbledon.

www.bbc.com/news/uk-64074678

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I came across the article independently a few minutes ago & came on here with a view to posting the link, onlhy to fnd that you'd already done so a good few hours ago, Bob!  I agree with you.  The fact that Nazanin actually watched the 2016 final from her cell in Evin prison beggars belief - & says a lot about the pulling power of Wimbedon outside the UK!