Andy Murray’s private life spill leaves wife Kim in tears

Andy Murray was an emotional wreck when sharing a bit too much private information about his wife as tears fell.

Andy Murray was already emotionally fragile when it came time to talk about wife Kim during his classy Wimbledon farewell on Friday morning.

There was barely a dry eye in the house as the Scottish champion was celebrated on centre court one final time after he and brother Jamie were eliminated in the opening round of the men’s doubles.

Murray wept openly in front of his adoring fans before admitting: “I wish I could play forever.”

It has been a cruel end to the 37-year-old’s career with his body simply unable to recover despite a long list of surgical procedures and countless hours doing rehab work on injuries.

Murray was in tears after a video montage of his career highlights and messages from tennis figures like Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were played on the big screen inside the iconic stadium.

But it was talking about his family and wife Kim where it all hit home.

Kim was also choking up as her husband discussed their young family.

Kim Murray looks on from the Royal Box during the farewell presentation for Andy Murra. Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images.

Andy Murray composes himself. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images.

Unprompted, Murray launched straight into telling the story of the couple’s first date.

“I better say something about my wife or I’ll get in trouble, but this is probably gonna be the hard part,” Murray said with a grin.

“We met for the first time when we were 18 years old. Kim’s dad is a tennis coach and we met over in New York for the first time and went out for dinner there at the US Open.

“I choked a little bit the first time we went out. I walked her home to her hotel and I asked her for her email address.

“I don’t think that’s a normal thing to do.

“The first match she came to watch with me live was at the US Open and I vomited twice in that match - once right in front of where she was sitting.

“I then stood up, vomited on my opponent’s racket bag and she still seemed to like me so I knew she was a keeper after that.”

After he’d finished with the jokes, Murray said a very touching thankyou to his partner of 20 years where he needed a moment to compose himself in between sentences.

“She’s been an amazing support to me, to my whole family. She is the best mum,” he said.

“Unfortunately, in a couple of months, she’s going to have to see me every day.

Andy Murray and wife Kim had a special moment. Photo: Getty, Clive Brunskill and Stan Sport.

“Things might be rocky for a little while but hopefully we can stick it out together and looking forward to the rest of our lives.”

It was the first episode of a retirement three-parter — the 37-year-old Murray is scheduled to play mixed doubles with Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon before he retires at the Paris Olympics.

After having a metal hip inserted in 2019, suffering ankle damage this year and undergoing surgery to remove a cyst from his spine which ruled him out of singles at Wimbledon, Murray has reluctantly accepted the writing is on the wall.

His career has yielded three Grand Slam titles, two Olympic golds, a Davis Cup and the world number-one ranking.

Andy Murray had a great innings. Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images.

Andy Murray says goodbye. Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images.

“Look it’s hard because I would love to keep playing but I can’t. Physically it is too tough now, all of the injuries, they have added up and they haven’t been insignificant,” he said.

“I want to play forever, I love the sport and it’s given me so much. It’s taught me loads of lessons over the years I can use for the rest of my life. I don’t want to stop so it is hard.”

He added: “It was obviously really special to play with Jamie.

“We never got the chance to do it before (at Wimbledon). It was a bit of a race to get out here. Physically, it wasn’t easy but I am glad we did it.”

Tears flowed when video tributes were paid to Murray by a number of stars including Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

“You were never alone,” said eight-time Wimbledon champion and 20-time Slam champion Federer, the man defeated on Centre Court when Murray claimed Olympic gold in 2012.

Andy Murray wasn’t ready to say goodbye. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Andy Murray had us all in tears. Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images.

“While you carried your own dreams, you also carried theirs.”

Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 champion at the All England Club and the holder of 22 majors, said: “We were proud to play against you.”

Seven-time Wimbledon champion and the winner of 23 women’s Grand Slams Serena Williams told Murray: “Your golden days belonged to everybody.”

Career-long rival Novak Djokovic was courtside to witness Murray’s emotional evening in the spotlight.

“Sometimes it looked like you against the world,” said Djokovic, the holder of 24 Slams and seven Wimbledon titles in admiration of a man born a week before him in 1987.

Murray received a standing ovation when he walked onto Centre Court alongside his brother, older by 15 months and a winner of two Grand Slam men’s doubles titles.

Family members including mother Judy, father William, wife Kim and daughters Sophia, eight, and six-year-old Edie, watched from the players’ box.

There wasn’t a dry eye among them.

Originally published as Andy Murray’s private life spill leaves wife Kim in tears