At the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Andy Murray’s mother and former coach Judy, opened up about her son’s tennis career. Judy had dreamed of opening a tennis academy in their hometown of Dunblane, but there was a possibility of Andy retiring before the plan could come into fruition. According to her, if the plans ever saw the light of day, it would take roughly 2 years before the academy was built and functional.

Murray also said that she was ‘gobsmacked’ that England was unable to take advantage of the success that Andy and his brother Jamie brought in the tennis court. But contrary to his mother’s fears, Andy believes that he still has a lot to offer and can still keep playing beyond 2 years. “I don’t want to stop in two years. I want to keep playing. Who knows where I am going to be in a few years?”. However, his body seems to have other ideas because the 30-year old has been having an injury-filled season.

“The thing that worries me now is that Andy may not play for much longer. He has been around for 12 years playing at the top of the game. “There has been plenty of time to start to build a legacy and capitalise and it’s just not been done. If you’re going to build a base somewhere, which is what I’m trying to do, it is going to take two years to build. By the time it is built he could have stopped playing.”

Judy said that her proposal has been lying in the government’s office for nearly a year and the idea is to sell 19 house plots to fund the sports academy. “It is largely two fields at the side of a motorway. They’re on green belt, but it’s not a beauty spot. I want a base I can work out of so I can share the 25 years of everything I’ve learned with others and so leave the sport in good hands. There’s no point in me taking it with me.”