is a father of two daughters, who were respectively born in January 2016 and November 2017. The British player would love to compete in front of them like for example is doing with his children, but the Brit admitted it will not happen.
I just tell them that, yeah, I played sports. I mean, my eldest daughter will soon hopefully be starting to play some sports. I can have a proper conversation and stuff with her already, said Murray after his loss to Roberto Bautista Agut.
Im sure soon enough shell understand. But thats one of the things I said, like, that I wanted to be able to do. I would like my daughters to come and watch me play a tennis match, hopefully, understand whats happening before I finish.
But Im aware that that probably isnt going to happen now. Im a bit sad about that. Murray got a lot of messages from his colleagues, coaches and many other people: Its kind of tough to avoid everything.
I mean, look, I got a lot of messages from players, like coaches, my friends and family obviously. Actually, once I chatted to you guys, although it was difficult for me, I felt a lot better because for like the last 18 months, I was struggling a lot.
When youre going to compete, you want to be positive and optimistic about things because you dont want to be telling your opponents, the guys youre competing against, how bad youre feeling. You get lots of people coming up and saying, How are you getting on? Players and coaches and stuff.
You sort of say like, yeah, youre doing okay, getting better, such and such. Actually, you know youre really struggling. That was kind of the first time I kind of came out and let everyone know how bad its been and tough.
I felt a lot better after that. But obviously, like, the reaction, I was really surprised. I genuinely was not expecting it to be like that at all. Yeah, it was real. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title
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