Andy Murray’s most beloved (and exhausting!) job: As tennis ace officially retires, how his wife and four children have always been his ‘priority’ – as he jokes he won’t be getting a lie-in any time soon

Retirement usually comes with a promise of travelling, lazy mornings, and plenty of time to do your gardening.

But for tennis legend Andy Murray, 37, who says ‘lay-ins don’t happen’ for a busy parent of four, the hard work now begins as he admitted to wanting to spend ‘more time with his children’.

He and wife Kim Sears, 36, share Sophia, eight, Edie, seven, Teddie, five, and three-year-old Lola.

And as the former World Number One’s glowing tennis career comes to an end, it appears to be the perfect time to focus on father duties.

‘I don’t know what I will do tonight,’ he told BBC Sport after bowing out of the sport at the Olympics. ‘I can do whatever I want now, but I want to go home and spend time with my children.’

But it would seem that bonding over tennis with his kids over tennis is not on the cards.

While his eldest – eight-year-old Sophia – was reportedly playing tennis once a week aged five, his younger daughter Edie has hilariously dismissed lessons from her pro dad in the past.

Last year, she penned an adorably funny note to Andy, claiming she is ‘not going to play tennis for a while’ because he ‘stands too close’ to her.

To accentuate her point, Edie drew her father holding a tennis racket with a red cross through it.

Sharing the constructive criticism on Instagram, Andy quipped: ‘My first venture into the coaching world has ended in disgrace.’

The former tennis pro has in past revealed how becoming a father changed his attitude towards his career.

Speaking to the Mail on Sunday in 2016, he explained: ‘Becoming a parent is life-changing and if it helps my tennis, great.

‘And if it doesn’t, that’s fine. That’s not a problem for me now. My priority is to be a good father first.