“Unemployed” Murray has no plans for Wimbledon

With his mind currently on anything  but tennis, Andy Murray has advised that he won’t bother attending the upcoming edition of Wimbledon, the event he won in 2013 and 2016.

The “unemployed” former world No. 1 who is now retired at age 38, has no live job in tennis after his coaching experiment with former rival Novak Djokovic was ended in the spring after coming up a dud.

While the Scot is due for a future statue of himself in action at the All England club, Murray told London’s Guardian that he cannot see himself making an appearance at the major where play starts on Monday.

“I don’t have any plans to go,” he said. “I’m not working there. I don’t go to watch tennis as a fan.”

But the father of five admitted that should one of his children want to attend in person, he could make an exception to his self-imposed ban.

“If one of my kids wanted to go along and watch, I obviously would take them. Or if a British player made the final I would go.

“I went to the Djokovic v [Carlos] Alcaraz final a couple of years ago, just because I had a feeling it was going to be a great match. But I won’t be there otherwise.

The former player admitted that he’s a restless tennis fan at the best of times and is not one for giving advice to today’s British competitors.

“I try to stay away from that. I know from when I played Wimbledon the first few times that it was really hard when you had ex-British No 1s, or people that you’ve watched on the TV and looked up to, making public comments.

“And if I say, ‘this is what Jack (Draper) should do’, I’m pretty sure that when he goes to Wimbledon, he will be getting told, ‘Andy said that you should do this’. 

“And sometimes that advice is contrary to what your coach is telling you. But I would obviously speak to him and his coach privately.”

Main photo:-Wimbledon 2016 Andy Murray with Mens Singles Trophy – by Karl Winter International Sports Fotos