Andy Murray’s mother, Judy Murray, comes to watch her son play regularly. Recently, at the Qatar Open, the Scottish tennis coach spotted a young fan and gifted him a sweatband.
Former World No. 1 Murray fell short of winning his first ATP singles title since 2019 at the Qatar Open. The 37-year-old lost 6-4, 6-4 to Daniil Medvedev in the summit clash. Despite losing the title to the former US Open winner, the Brit earned praise from many fans all over the world.
Earlier on February 25, Judy Murray, 63, uploaded a picture of a young fan who she had spotted in almost all of Andy’s matches in Doha.
“This wee man was at all of Andy’s matches this week, @qataropentennis, so I brought him a sweatband to complete his outfit!!,” Judy Murray captioned her post.
This wee man was at all of Andy’s matches this week @qataropentennis so I brought him a sweatband to complete his outfit!! 🏴 ❤️ https://t.co/BwAxLXvf3x
The name of the young fan was later found to be Calum, as revealed by a tennis coach in the comments, who happens to be Callum’s coach.
“Thats callum who i coach. Brilliant.”
Judy Murray also replied to the comment by saying that she loved Callum’s presence in the crowd.
“Wonderful. I loved seeing him in the crowd,” Judy Murray wrote.
Another fan reshared Murray’s post and mentioned how much African-Americans love “Sir Andy Murray.”
“Hey JudyMurray African Americans love Sir @andy_murray, too!!!”
Judy Murray took no time to reply to the post and responded with a “red heart emoji.”
“I still have ambitions of winning tournaments and having deep runs in major events” – Andy Murray hopes to keep producing good results after Qatar Open loss
Andy Murray showed signs of vast improvement in the recently concluded Qatar Open. The Brit beat the likes of Lorenzo Sonego and Alexander Zverev, among others, en route to the final.
At the post-match press conference, Murray shed some light on his upcoming plans and career goals.
“I still have ambitions of winning tournaments and having deep runs in major events, you know, winning a certain number of matches in my career. I’d like to try to get to 800 match wins, which, I don’t know, I think I’m like 75 away from that.”
“I didn’t know how much I was going to be able to play or if I’d be able to compete at this level again. So now that I know that I’m able to, I want to see how far that can go, because, yeah, it’s a challenge and something that, you know, I’m proud of the results that I’m having, yeah, with a large physical limitation,” Andy Murray added.
Murray will next be seen in action at the Dubai Tennis Championships, where he will meet Herbert Hurkacz in the opening round.