In a press conference following her straight-set win over Taylor Townsend on Monday at the Australian Open, commented on retirement from tennis. The American player shared her disappointment with commenting about the news.
Im going to miss him, Stephens admitted. Honestly, I think hes one of the nicest guys on tour. Everyone is always like, hes so dry, hes not funny. Hes probably the funniest person on tour.
I think he just didnt get enough credit. So unrecognized, like he didnt get enough acknowledgement. And I think now, like, I hate when somebody dies and everyone wants to be, Oh, my God, they were such a great person.
And now hes retiring and everyones like, hes such a great person. But he was great before and nobody paid attention. Its so sad. So I think, I mean, its tough, but I couldnt when he was crying, thats just a situation, like, you cannot see a grown man, Im like, Oh, no.
Its so sad, like, its just I dont know. Now Im going to cry. Its just too much. Im going to miss him. I think hes been great for the game, especially for the women. Hes been so supportive.
Like I said before, Judy raised a good, young lad. Hes been quite the guy. Asked if he has any particular favourite Andy anecdote or anything, Stephens replied: Id say I posted a lot of videos of, like, my coaches sleeping and random people sleeping, and he would always message me and be like, it must be your great conversation.
like literally every time. Im, like, this guy. I could always count on him to be, it must be your conversation Yeah, thats my favourite thing about him. On Murrays support towards womens tennis, Stephens concluded: I think hes yeah, I think its very unique that he has that sense of awareness.
Not everyone has that. I think we have been lucky to have someone support the womens game as he has. We would hope to get more support in the future. I hope people do follow in his footsteps. Yeah, I mean, were going to miss him a lot.
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