Andy Murray reveals his eldest daughter Sophia "struggled" to regulate to having her father often at house after the previous three-time Grand Slam champion retired from professional tennis in August 2024.
After relationship for a decade, Murray and his spouse Kim Sears tied the knot in 2015. The next 12 months, their first daughter Sophia was born. Since then, they’ve welcomed three extra youngsters.
When Sophia was born, Murray was top-of-the-line gamers within the sport as he gained his third Grand Slam title throughout the 2016 season – gained his maiden ATP Finals title – and have become the world No. 1 for the primary time in his profession. Though the previous world No. 1 began to battle with main harm points after the 2017 season, he refused to easily stroll away from professional tennis as he underwent two hip surgical procedures and stayed on the Tour till retiring from tennis throughout final 12 months's Paris Olympics.
Murray requested if his household needed to modify to him spending extra time at house
“I believe so. Significantly my eldest daughter. The remainder of them not a lot as a result of, sure I used to be nonetheless taking part in on the finish, however there was additionally fairly a couple of durations the place I used to be at house loads by way of the accidents and issues, so I wasn’t on the street fairly as a lot. Whereas with my eldest daughter, it was, I believe, fairly a giant change for her, a giant adjustment," the 38-year-old mentioned on The Tennis Podcast.
“She was discovering it arduous if I needed to be the one to take her to highschool or to choose her up and take her to a membership or being round her buddies and issues like that, and that’s one thing that she actually was discovering troublesome, and if I used to be getting any consideration after I was along with her, she actually struggled with that.”
4 months after retiring from professional tennis, Murray accepted to educate Novak Djokovic in 2025. Their stint ended simply earlier than the French Open.
