British Andy Murray announced that he did not miss tennis as much as he thought after his retirement and said that he felt “really free”. Murray, 37, retired at the Olympics in August after an impressive 19-year career in which he won twice at Wimbledon, once at the US Open, and won gold medals in men’s singles at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
The Scottish athlete had many injury problems towards the end of his career and had hip surgery in 2019. Murray said he initially expected to “have a hard time in retirement and miss tennis a lot.” But Murray’s playing days are over
He realized that he was enjoying the freedom that came with his death. “Since quitting I feel really free and have plenty of time to do whatever I want,” Murray told BBC Radio 4. I can spend time with my children and have free time to play golf or go to the gym of my own free will. It’s really enjoyable and I wasn’t expecting it. I expected to struggle in retirement and miss tennis so much that I wanted to get back on tour and get on the tennis court. It’s the exact opposite of what I thought so far. Murray, who played 1,001 singles matches throughout his career, found being separated from his four children and wife Kim for extended periods of time trying to balance parenting and playing tennis complicated. “I’ve always had a hard time with this over the last few years, always feeling guilty about what I did,” Murray explained. “When I would go on a trip for three or four weeks, I would feel guilty about leaving my kids behind, or my wife, for being away from them for long periods of time, so it was hard to miss the kids,” Murray added. But when I was home with my kids, I was running around and spending too much time on my feet after practice. Then ‘Will this affect my training or my performance the next day, should I put my feet up?’ I was thinking. These kinds of things have been challenging me in recent years.
