Jamie Murray Gives Hilarious Insights Into Wife Alejandra’s ‘Strict’ Ban From a Reality Show Despite Mother Judy’s Participation
Behind every successful tennis player is an ever-supportive partner. For Jamie Murray, Andy Murray’s brother, it is his wife, Alejandra Murray. However, Alejandra Murray, who supports Murray in all his endeavors, has one condition! In a surprising revelation, Murray expressed how his wife would never be by her husband’s side in one particular arena, a stance that Andy Murray’s mother, Judy Murray, has already defied.
Strictly Come Dancing, a popular BBC series, lured the British tennis star Andy Murray’s mother, Judy Murray, to show her dancing skills almost a decade ago. A longtime fan of the show, Judy Murray seized the opportunity in 2014 to entertain the audience with her dance moves. However, Jamie Murray’s wife is firm in her decision not to let her husband do the same.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Murray humorously explained the reason behind it, “No, no, my wife wouldn’t let me [appear on ‘Strictly’]. She’s an amazing dancer, being South American, but she doesn’t like it when they do the salsa or tango to pop music. She doesn’t think it’s pure.”
However, Alejandra Murray‘s restrictions might not have extended to her mother-in-law. Still, when Andy Murray’s mother performed in the show and showed the world that she could easily master both tennis and dancing, Alejandra Murray, a global marketing manager, might have changed her mind. Although she might not have been keen on watching her husband dance, when it comes to supporting him in tennis, she never backs down.
The former doubles World No. 1 is well aware that there are no restrictions in the realm of tennis. “She was a huge support, and probably the reason for me achieving what I’ve been able to in the past few years. I don’t know if I’d have [been world number one] if I hadn’t met her.” On the other hand, Judy Murray found her first time on the dance floor to be a challenging experience.
When Judy Murray, the tennis coach, who introduced both of her sons to tennis, first stepped onto the dance floor, she had second thoughts. Describing the experience, she said, “When we were [first] launched into the public eye,
