Andy Murray has discovered the silver lining of leaving the primary spherical of the Australian Open in Melbourne earlier this week – getting time to spend extra time along with his 4 youngsters, Sophia, Edie, Teddie and Lola.
The Wimbledon champ, who shares 4 youngsters with spouse Kim Murray, posted a hilarious picture of himself to Instagram dressed up in a wizard hat and crimson sparkly waistcoat on Sunday morning.
Andy, who was defeated by Argentinian tennis participant Tomas Martin Etcheverry on Monday, wrote: “One of many large benefits to shedding within the first spherical of @australianopen is attending to play Harry Potter gown up at 5.30am on a Sunday with my daughters. Dumbedad.”
Followers have been fast to rally behind the previous world No.1, commenting: “Like it! You’re a legend” whereas one other wrote: “Spending time along with your youngsters, that’s one thing no quantity of trophies can ever be higher than.”
One fan cheekily quipped: “Which home did you kind into?”
Earlier within the week, Andy hinted that this can be his last Australian Open match. “It is a particular risk that would be the final time I play right here. I feel in all probability due to how the match went and the whole lot,” he stated in a press convention. “Whilst you’re enjoying the match, you are clearly attempting to manage your feelings, concentrate on the factors and the whole lot. If you’re one level away from the tip, you are like, ‘I can not imagine that is over so shortly, and like this.’”
© GettyThe 36-year-old added: “Compared to the matches that I performed right here final yr, it is the exact opposite feeling strolling off the courtroom. I want I concerned the gang extra. Simply upset with the way in which I performed and all of that stuff. (It is a) powerful, powerful approach to end.”
Andy, a three-time grand slam winner, just lately opened up about plans to retire, revealing: “I have not made any particular selections on that. Yeah, it is clearly one thing that I want to consider and see precisely when that’s.”
He continued: “I’ve spoken to my workforce about it. I’ve spoken to my household about it a number of occasions. It is not prefer it hasn’t been one thing that is been on my thoughts.”
Tennis apart, Andy has loads to maintain him busy, along with his 4 younger youngsters; Sophia, born in 2016, Edie, born in 2017, four-year-old son Teddie and Lola, two. The Scottish sportsman is a self-confessed household man, along with his spouse Kim Sears typically sitting courtside throughout his matches.
The couple, who relocated from a £5M house in Oxshott, Surrey, to Leatherhead final yr, married in 2015 at Dunblane Cathedral after courting for 10 years.
© GettyThe doting dad even revealed that his eldest daughter, Sophia, is already following in his footsteps. “My eldest daughter performs tennis as soon as per week and if she needed to I would be glad – however at their ages, it is vital to be doing stuff with their mates,” he informed The Mirror.
