Andy Murray is a good tennis player who has done well in the modern age. Murray has won all of them, from singles and doubles grand slams to Olympic gold medals. When an athlete is this good at what they do, it can be hard to stay out of attention. So, they do a lot to keep their lives as far away from the public eye as possible.
So how many secrets have Andy Murray kept from you? I think quite a bit. Don’t worry. We’ll help you figure out a few of those with you.
The whole family is into sports.
Andy Murray is the most recent member of his family to be an athlete. Since Murray’s grandfather Roy Erskine made his name in the 1930s, the family has always been involved in sports. Roy Erskine was a football player who played for the Scottish team Hibernian FC.
His grandkids, Jamie and Andy Murray, both play tennis, with Andy Murray being the better one. Andy Murray’s older brother, Jamie Murray, is an expert at doubles and was once placed fifth in the world.
Jamie has won two Grand Slams and one Grand Slam for Mixed Doubles. He also plays with his brother for Britain in Davis Cup games.
Business and Being an Entrepreneur
Like a lot of great athletes, Andy Murray has a lot of money. That should be obvious. Over the years, he has built up a sum of £130 million, of which £50 million came from prize money.
Murray has endorsement deals with brands that want to take advantage of his fame and the money his fans spend. One of them is Jaguar, a company that makes cars.
There are also other deals, such as Hias’s partnership with Castore, which has been dressing him since 2019.
What makes him different from other rich players is where he gets his extra money.
His hotel business brings in some of that money. Andy Murray bought Cromlix House, a five-star hotel, in 2013. He bought it for £1.8 million and first turned it into a 15-room five-star hotel.
The Scot first saw the property in 2010, when he was the best man at his brother Jamie’s wedding, which was held at the same house.
Olympic History
Murray got a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. This made him the only tennis player in history to win two gold medals in the singles event at the Olympics. He won his first gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Bipartite Patella condition
Andy Murray was born with a bipartite patella in his right knee. This is a disease in which the bones in the knee cap don’t fuse together when a child is young. Only 1% to 2% of the population has this disease.
Andy Murray didn’t find out what was wrong with him until he was 16. He has since admitted that he will have to deal with the pain for the rest of his life.
Source: Dehotpress
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