Andy Murray may be two years removed from his professional tennis career, but the 39-year-old has clearly maintained his fitness. The transformation caught the attention of former rival Andy Roddick during a live edition of the American's 'Served' YouTube show at the Laver Cup in London.
Roddick's surprise at Murray's condition
Roddick, a former ATP No.1, welcomed Murray on stage with high praise. “I'm really excited about our next guest, he's someone I have an outsized amount of respect for,” Roddick said. After the pair embraced, Roddick added: “He came in there and I said, 'You're the first person who ever retires and loses weight.'”
Murray, who hung up his racket after the 2024 Olympics in Paris, credited no special regime for his condition. “A lot of golf, a lot of childcare,” he said. “This morning, my daughter was doing cricket trials, so I left that a little bit early to come here. Just being a dad, basically, I don't do a whole lot more than that.”
Coaching and no desire to hit tennis balls
Murray also mentioned his coaching work with Jack Draper. “I do a little bit of coaching with Jack Draper as well,” he added. “He's obviously been injured and he's not playing for the next three or four months so we'll see how that goes but that's about it, really.”
The Scot also had a spell coaching Novak Djokovic post-retirement. However, he has made it clear his days of hitting a tennis ball around are over. “I picked up a racket just for fun once in Australia when I was helping Novak,” he told The Times. “I hit with one of my friends on [Rod Laver Arena] about 20 months ago, and I hadn't hit since when I stopped up until that point, so that's the only time. I just have no desire to hit tennis balls any more. I did that for 25 years.”
Weight loss details
Murray had little trouble losing weight after stepping away from his sport. In September 2024, he spoke about dropping 11 pounds in the weeks after his farewell match in Paris.
“I haven't been to the gym for five weeks,” he said after his lean appearance was noticeable ahead of a pro-am event at golf's BMW Championship. “I said to my wife, I was like: 'Look, I'm going to make sure when I stop, I'm going to make sure I stay in good shape.' And she said: 'Oh, if you're just going to go and play golf, I don't want that.' I was: 'No, no, I'll get myself in the gym, make sure I stay in shape.'
“I went to the gym three of the first four days after I stopped, worked really hard, and then went up to Scotland for a couple of days for a holiday, and haven't been back since. It's been five weeks I've not been in the gym, longest ever for me probably. I don't know if it's like appetite, if I'm not eating as much, but we obviously have… loads of the sport drinks have got lot of calories in them, and I only really drink water and coffee now. So I don't know, I think just less calories and probably loss of muscle. I've lost about 11, 12 pounds. It's a lot. I was expecting the opposite to happen.”
