After retiring from tennis on the Paris Olympics 2024, Andy Murray has introduced that he’ll embark on a brand new profession: he’ll deliver a theatre present that can inform the story of his profession to theatres in the UK. So no, not a brand new profession as a coach! The British participant formally retired after his doubles defeat within the quarter-finals on the Paris Olympic match and, regardless that only some months have handed since that day in August, the previous British number one and winner of three Grand Slam tournaments introduced on November 12 what his subsequent venture will probably be.
Via his social media, Andy mentioned that he’ll quickly be on stage as a part of a present touring in numerous cities. A fairly surprising improvement even when, it have to be mentioned, Murray has all the time felt relaxed in entrance of the cameras and the gang.
“I am occurring one other stage this summer time. Be a part of me on my first theatre tour, with Andrew Cotter, in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Hammersmith and Wimbledon. Tickets go on sale this Thursday at my web site AndyMurray.com,” he wrote. The four-date present, titled Centre Stage, will run from June 18 to 29.
I’m stepping onto a special stage this Summer time. Come and see me on my first ever theatre tour, with Andrew Cotter, in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Hammersmith and Wimbledon. Tickets on sale this Thursday on https://t.co/aX6EYKeOMM #CentreStage pic.twitter.com/uXeyHpJj75
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) November 12, 2024
Tickets are on sale now for #CentreStage. Hope to see you all on the market!
Go to https://t.co/rgrvgwbBmE for more information or to get your tickets. 📸: Matt Crockett pic.twitter.com/bdzxLsPYMz
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) November 14, 2024
In a current prolonged interview with the BBC by which he spoke about his first few weeks in retirement, Murray defined that his retirement to this point has been the exact opposite of what he anticipated and that he does not miss tennis as a lot as he thought. He mentioned that since he stopped taking part in, he feels actually free and has numerous time to do what he desires, like spending time together with his youngsters and having day off to play golf or go to the fitness center.
“It is very nice and I did not anticipate it. I anticipated it to be powerful, to overlook tennis and to wish to get again on the tennis court docket. However no, to this point it has been the exact opposite of what I believed,” he mentioned.
Murray acknowledged that there isn’t a good ending for a tennis participant, however revealed that he now feels guilt-free in direction of his kids and spouse Kim. The Scot mentioned that the factor he has all the time discovered tough in recent times is that there was all the time a way of guilt connected to what he was doing, and that if he needed to go on a three- or four-week journey he would really feel responsible leaving his kids at residence or being away from his spouse.
“Tennis is a really lonely sport and typically it was actually onerous for me to get to the ultimate at Wimbledon and be criticised or really feel like I wasn’t adequate. Which I feel is fallacious. My notion was that I felt attacked even after I was doing very well, and that was fairly tough,” he defined
