Two-time gold medallist Murray, good-news-andy-murraymagic-and-a-97-yard-touchdown-nfl-best-plays 37, won three Grand Slam titles, including two Wimbledons, spent 41 weeks as the world No1 and played 1,001 singles matches. He did all that during the greatest era of men’s tennis ever seen – up against three titans of the sport in Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
The once slightly prickly Scot won over the hearts of the British public on Centre Court – breaking down in tears after losing the 2012 final before making amends 12 months later to end 77 years of hurt.
Murray spent the final five years as a professional playing with a metal hip before his body eventually prevented him from competing at the top any longer.
But before hanging up his racquet as one of Britain’s all-time great athletes, he enjoyed two Murray-culous comebacks from match points down alongside Dan Evans representing Te am GB.Now he has plenty more time on his hands and is relishing his new-found freedom, telling BBC Radio 4: “I have got lots of time to do whatever it is I want. I can dedicate time to my children and have free time to play golf or go to the gym on my own terms.
“It is really nice and I didn’t expect that. I was expecting to find retirement hard and be missing tennis a lot and wanting to get back on the tennis court on tour.
“So far it has been the complete opposite to what I was thinking.”
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So, what will Sir Andy Murray do in his retirement? Well, one thing is for sure: he is not short of opti ons…The chance to invest and pour into a rising star and develop them to maximise their talent would surely appeal to Murray.
Jack Draper could be that rising star – the pair have a good friendship, Draper is a grafter and Murray could add a wealth of knowledge and experience as an additional voice in the camp.
Emma Raducanu is another option. Murray has always been a public and vocal advocate of the women’s game and could put their Wimbledon mixed doubles fiasco behind them to get the former US Open champion back competing for the biggest prizes again.
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Finally, Murray loved the Davis Cup, winning it in 2015, and would surely relish the chance to succeed Leon Smith as Great Britain’s captain going for wards.
