“If there is an issue, there we should speak about it” Andy Murray shares the importance of ex-coach Amelie Mauresmo’s experience in his stand in favor of feminism
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Andy Murray and his ex-coach Amelie Mauresmo
Andy Murray, the three Grand Slam title champion, became the first British player to win a Wimbledon in 2013 in the men’s singles category after a span of 77 years, the last being won by Fred Perry in 1936. He is yet to win an ATP tour title since 2019 as he lost to Andrey Bublik 7-5, 6-4 at the Hall of Fame Open in Rhode Island. He has 46 career titles to his name with a 710-225 win-loss record in all competitions.
The two-time men’s singles Olympic gold champion is the only player to have defended his title as he won the gold in both Olympics 2012 and Olympics 2016. He is currently the only player to defeat Novak Djokovic in a Wimbledon final. He was a dominant player in the 2010s but he struggled with a lot of injuries and could not play enough matches after 2018. Ahead of the start of the hard-court season, he withdrew his name from the Atlanta Open fearing not to get injured as US Open 2022 is about to start soon.
“‘I personally wanted to stand up for the women after seeing how Amelie was treated”Andy Murray extends his support to his ex-coach
Murray, while speaking at an interview recently, spoke about how women are ill-treated and players need to stand up for it. Amelie Mauresmo, who coached Andy Murray between 2014 and 2016, helped the British player to understand what is happening around her and that he should address the issue. He said “But there’s been certain topics and subjects that have been important to me during my career, and I’ve felt personally, yeah, wanted to stand up for the women. That started really after I started working with Amelie Mauresmo. Before then it was not something, being perfectly honest, I thought about. I was just thinking about my own career and focusing on that and my tennis.“
He felt there should be no discrimination when it comes to the pay structure and women should get an equal pay structure as their male counterparts. He feels this is an issue that needs to be spoken about in the public forums as he had never thought of such things happening. He added “Well, I think everyone’s different, so I don’t think that every athlete necessarily should have the same role or speak out about everythingObviously I was getting asked a lot of questions from the media, which I hadn’t been asked in the past with any of my other coaches. Then started to see there was maybe an issue there, and I needed to speak out about that.“
He spoke about how he discussed the same with his mother Judy Murray, his first coach, and got a clear idea about how to go about the injustice shown to women. He further added, “When I started working with Amelie, saw the way that she was treated, I then started to ask more questions to like my mum about it. She’s been a tennis coach in a pretty sort of male-dominated sport for her whole life. I asked about some of the challenges and stuff that she faced. Obviously spoke to Amelie about it.“
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