Andy Murray’s proud mum Judy hails ‘remarkable’ son after 5.30am Australian Open epic
Judy Murray has hailed her youngest son as “an incredible fighter” as the former world No 1 prepares for another potential marathon at the Australian Open. Double Olympic champion Andy Murray, with his metal hip, has been on court for over 10 hours in his first two five-set wins.
And the world No 66 now faces a re-match of his 2019 first-round match with No.24 seed Roberto Bautista Agut. Then, Murray feared his career was over – and tournament organisers played a video montage in tribute to the five-time finalist after a five-set epic won by the Spaniard.
But four years later, the Scot is still here after two hip operations and bidding to reach the last 16 in a Grand Slam for the first time since Wimbledon in 2017. “He is certainly getting his money’s worth, isn’t he?” said Judy Murray.
“What he has gone through to get back to this level is quite remarkable. What he is doing out there, to survive five sets in five hours against Berrettini who is 13 or 14 in the world I think the other night and then to come back from two sets and 5-2 down against Kokkinakis last night in the early hours of the morning – I didn’t get to bed till about 5.30 – is really remarkable what he is doing. He is just an incredible fighter and his resilience is second to none.”
Murray displayed those qualities against Bautista Agut in January 2019 when he fought back through the pain from two sets down before losing an emotional encounter after four hours and nine minutes. “It was like a Davis Cup atmosphere,” recalled the Spaniard.
