Tennis

"I didn’t expect this": Murray opens up about life changes after retirement

Two-time Olympic champion and three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray shared insights into how his life has transformed since retiring from professional tennis.

“Since I’ve stopped, I feel really free and 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,” Murray told The Telegraph.

Andy Murray played his final match on August 1, when he and partner Dan Evans were defeated by Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Olympic Games. The match concluded with a score of 6-2, 6-4 in favour of the American duo.

Murray is the only tennis player in history to have won Olympic gold twice. The 37-year-old Briton also claimed the Wimbledon title twice (2013, 2016), won the US Open in 2012, secured 14 Masters titles, and achieved 46 ATP Tour titles in his illustrious career.