{"id":4593,"date":"2024-11-26T02:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T02:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=4593"},"modified":"2024-11-26T02:06:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T02:06:02","slug":"inside-andy-murrays-retirement-lifestyle-scot-has-entered-the-world-of-tennis-coaching-while-working-on-his-golf-handicap-and-spending-more-time-with-wife-kim-but-hes-been-dodging-the-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=4593","title":{"rendered":"Inside Andy Murray’s retirement lifestyle: Scot has entered the world of tennis coaching while working on his golf handicap and spending more time with wife Kim – but he’s been dodging the gym!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once the jaw-dropping news rolled in that\u00a0Andy Murray<\/span>\u00a0would coach\u00a0Novak Djokovic<\/span>\u00a0at the\u00a0Australian Open<\/span>\u00a0next January, tennis fanatics would have been forgiven for casting a quick glance at the calendar. No, it’s not April 1.<\/p>\n

Even after bowing out and slipping quietly into the shadows, Murray continues to light up this crazy old sport.\u00a0His latest career move is perhaps his most surprising<\/span>. Surely no one could have seen this coming – not even his most fervent supporters.<\/p>\n

He did, however, cast a cursory hint toward it during his emotional retirement ceremony at\u00a0Wimbledon<\/a><\/span>\u00a0during the summer. Sue Barker asked whether Murray would be keen to return to the lush grass of SW19 purely as a spectator.<\/p>\n

She then pointed out that he had several options. Indeed, a club membership, an invitation to the royal box or perhaps even the commentary booth all beckoned.<\/p>\n

But Murray, clearly entertaining other ideas, replied: ‘I’d probably be more comfortable sitting up there in a coaching box than somewhere else.’<\/p>\n

And so it has proven, in the most remarkable of circumstances. In truth, he was never going to settle for the stretches of the UK’s finest golf courses for long. That tennis itch has proven irresistible to many and lo, Murray is back where he belongs.<\/p>\n

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The Scot has entered the world of golf and is determined to get his handicap down to scratch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He has also spent more time with his wife, Kim Sears (pictured: the couple at an event in 2019)<\/p>\n

He fell deeply in love with the sport as a young boy and that fire still burns.<\/p>\n

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But it would have taken something very special indeed to lure him back less than four months into his retirement and the opportunity to work alongside Djokovic, his historic rival and regular sparring partner, certainly ticks that box.<\/p>\n

The Serb confirmed the shock reunion in an Instagram video showing highlights of their past showdowns, narrating:\u00a0‘They called us game changers, risk takers, history makers. I thought our story may be over. It turns out it has one final chapter.’<\/p>\n

Djokovic has signalled he is ready to make one last push toward the summit in the waning days of his career and he believes Murray is the man to help him do it.<\/p>\n

At least on paper, Murray has all the hallmarks of a brilliant coach in the making. His reading of the game was always second to none and he is obsessed with almost every element, ranging from statistics to training methods and racquet science.<\/p>\n

Never one to take a coach’s word for it, Murray had to test it out for himself. In this new role, which will see him positioned up in the seats from which his old coaches felt his red-hot fits of venom, this approach may give Djokovic the edge he wants.<\/p>\n

Murray is also a man of many talents.<\/p>\n

In the heady early days of his retirement, he swapped out his tennis racquets for golf clubs. On X, his bio now simply reads: ‘I played tennis. I now play golf.’<\/p>\n

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Murray was confirmed as Novak Djokovic’s coach for the Australian Open in a shock move<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The world of tennis is irresistible for Murray, who is back just three months after retiring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kim regularly and passionately supported Murray during his matches<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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