Andy - the end of his ATP tour tennis career

[JAMES4578]

Tbh not that surprised, hopefully Andy/Dan can at least win a few matches.

[lovetennis]

What can I say that you all haven't said already? Andy has just been the most fabulous player to follow. Can't quite imagine what it will be like without him.

I only found the forum in 2015, and really wish I had found it sooner. It has been great to meet you all both online and in person

[Sallydaisy]

It's been a privilege to follow Andy for these last 19/20 years.


So many amazing matches, touches of brilliance that only he could produce
and hours of nailbiting sessions following livescores before it became easier
to actually watch his matches in real time. Even worse for the emotions!


And the commiseratory or celebratory glass or three.



So many murraycoasters!

So much joy with the wins and watching him work his way to be No1, win that first Grand Slam that was so elusive and then 2 more, win Davis Cup and win back to back Gold Olympic Medals and a Silver (with Robson).


It's been one heck of a career and hopefully in one way or another we'll still see him around.

Thanks to everyone who joined us here - for the company, banter and virtual hugs!
Davis Cup ties brought so many of us together.
Hugs all round.

[Teresa]

BREAKING: Queen’s Club centre court to be renamed ‘The Andy Murray Arena’
The LTA have just announced that the main court at the Cinch Championships held at The Queen’s Club will be known as ‘The Andy Murray Arena’.

LTA Chief Executive, Scott Lloyd said:

Andy is the greatest tennis player ever to come from this country and a giant of British sport. His contribution to the game is immense and has bought us all so many moments of pride. He was relentless in his pursuit of excellence and had a single-minded determination to succeed.

His brilliance on court brought to an end the long wait for a British male singles winner at Wimbledon, brought home Olympic gold and silver medals and he was the driving force behind Britain’s 2015 Davis Cup success.

Anyone who ever saw him play knows he put his heart and soul into his performances on the court. His incredible work ethic and love for the sport was demonstrated by his repeated returns from injury, when many others would not have had the resolve. Perhaps equal to his on-court success was his attitude in championing equality and diversity right across the sport. He is a special role model for tennis in this country and beyond and a unique champion.

We are proud to name the arena at our tournament at the Queen’s Club after him. We are committed to delivering an infrastructure legacy working with Judy Murray on the Park of Keir project, a new tennis centre of national significance for Scotland and for its local community. We are, of course, keen to continue to work with Andy in the future, in whatever capacity he wishes - as British tennis is all the stronger for him.

[Sallydaisy]

In typical Andy fashion he's just posted on his Twitter account ...
"Never even liked tennis anyway"


and he's changed his Twitter signature to "I played tennis"

[Sallydaisy]

If anyone wants to save memories of Andy now is a good time to do it
because there is so much from all the media involved in tennis.
Twitter, Facebook, ATP, ITF, LTA, BBC - you name it they're posting loads.
Sadly, we know some of the memories on here are no longer accessible.
Just save it to your own computer to reflect on when you want.

[Teresa]

I have been saving articles for a while.

Thank you for the forum.

[HoopGirl]

Thanks Sally for your amazing updates and info

[HoopGirl]

Beautiful about Queens Club - feeling really bereft just now

[WimbledonWestie]

Lovely words Sally. Loving reading all the online tributes . Trying very hard to go with ‘don’t be sad it’s over, be glad that it happened ‘. As I said earlier in the week, have loved sharing it with you all