Recently, the famous British tennis player teared up on his doubles loss to Australian players John Peers and Rinky Hijikata. The two-time SW19 champion lost alongside his brother Jamie Murray with a score of 7 to 6 and 6 to 4.
People from the audience gave them a huge wave of applause for their performance and even started chanting phrases to cheer them up. Everyone became teary-eyed and continued chanting throughout the night.
Although Andy Murray is still going to play at the All-England Club, it was his last match in his home tournament. Apart from just that, people also noticed how the 37-year-old champion was having mobility issues from his last cyst removal operation on his back. He had back surgery on June 22 and was still feeling the pain during July’s 4th match.
Besides the loss, the only good thing that happened was that Andy’s mother, father, wife, and two oldest children got to see Andy and Jamie play together for the first time at a Grand Slam.
Many of the professionals from the industry came forward to show their thankfulness towards the amazing play by Andy Murry. His peers said, “Our words don’t do it justice, how good he is,”
During the interview, Murray expressed his passion for the game. He said, “I’m not saying I’m the most outgoing or bubbly personality, but I think people saw how much I cared about sports — for the first time, maybe.”
“I think the thing that I did a really good job of during my career was that regardless of the highs and lows — whether it was winning tournaments, having difficult losses, an operation, a setback — I always came into work with the same dedication, work ethic and passion as I had the day before.”
“I certainly didn’t always get it right. On the match days, I was not perfect by any stretch, but I did always come into work and put in a good day. I gave my best effort.”
When asked about his retirement, he said that his body has now started giving him indications of retirement. “That’s something that, yeah, I guess, is a bit out of my control. If I knew my body was going to be able to do it, I would play—there’s nothing about the sport that I hate, and … don’t want to do it anymore for this reason. I like traveling. I love the competition—practicing, trying to get better, all those things,”
“I know that it’s time now. I’m ready for that.”