Andy Murray made fun of Donald Trump on Twitter after the US President said he “took a pass” on being named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2017.

The tennis player, who is not renowned for his sense of humour, tweeted a parody of Mr Trump’s comments that he had been told he was “probably” in line for the honour, but could not accept due to the media commitments involved.

The President said: "Earlier Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named “Man (Person) of the Year,” like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!"

Mr Murray then tweeted that the BBC had called him saying he was “probably” going to be named Sports Personality of the Year and then repeated Mr Trump’s excuse for why he would not be able to accept.