Judy Murray ‘couldn’t quite get over that’ as Andy Murray’s mother reveals shock following tennis retirement
Judy Murray has revealed she ‘couldn’t quite get over’ seeing former James Bond actor Sean Connery watching Andy Murray in action all the way back in 2005.
Murray has retired from tennis, with the 37-year-old hanging up his racket after losing with Dan Evans in the doubles of the Olympics last week.
He is now set to embark on a new challenge, with the Briton also eager to spend more time with his wife, Kim, and their four children.
“With my right eye I had, I was on the court and my left eye was on the Royal Box because Sean Connery was in there and there was this whole thing of thinking James Bond is watching my boy playing tennis and I couldn’t quite get over that.”
Murray was just 18 when he faced Nalbandian.
It was already evident he was a superstar in the making, with the way he blew Nalbandian away in the first two sets sensational to watch.
He fatigued as the contest went on, however, with Murray ultimately crashing out.
He was able to make the third round of the competition before losing a five-set thriller to Argentinean star David Nalbandian.
Judy, speaking in a recent video for the Lawn Tennis Association, has now revealed she was stunned to see James Bond actor Connery watching the action unfold in Centre Court.
“I remember the weekend before the tournament started and we walked past the Centre Court, and of course, it’s quite deserted on the weekend before so there’s no crowds in and he (Murray) went ‘I want to play in there mom’ and I said ‘you might have to wait a few years for that’ and then he went by and I just laughed,” she said.
“And there we were a week later, he was on that Centre Court on middle Saturday playing David Nalbandian, who was the World No. 4 and I remember where I was sitting in the player box and thinking of all the time I’ve watched the highlights at Wimbledon and seen people in the player box and never would’ve ever imagined I would want to sit in there watching my kids play.
