Andy Murray mentioned he has no plans to attend Wimbledon this 12 months except a British participant makes the ultimate, or his kids need to go.
Murray, who gained two of his three main titles at Wimbledon and ended Britain’s 77-year anticipate a males’s singles champion on the grass-court Grand Slam in 2013, mentioned he not often attends tennis matches as a fan.
“I don’t have any plans to go,” Murray, who lifted the title once more in 2016, instructed British media.
“I’m not working there. I don’t go to watch tennis as a fan. But if one of my kids wanted to go along and watch, I obviously would take them. If a British player made the final I’d go.
“I went to the Novak Djokovic v Carlos Alcaraz ultimate a couple of years in the past, simply because I had a feeling it was going to be a nice match. But I will not be there in any other case.”
Murray, who will be immortalised with a statue during Wimbledon’s 150th anniversary in 2027, ended his playing career after the Paris Olympics before joining the coaching team of 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic ahead of the Australian Open.
That partnership failed to yield any trophies and ended before the French Open.
Murray said British men’s tennis was in good hands and he expected Jack Draper to cope with the added pressure after winning at Indian Wells in March and climbing the rankings to fourth in the world.
Draper will be seeded fourth when the Wimbledon main draw begins on Monday.
“It’ll be a little bit completely different this 12 months coming in as a prime seed however he’ll take care of it effectively,” Murray said.
“He’s performed in troublesome environments and below stress earlier than, and I’m certain he’ll address it effectively.”
