Fresh from Wimbledon, Andy Murray is back on court – but this time in New York for the US Open. On Thursday, the three-time Grand Slam champion will be taking on Bulgarian player Grigor Dimitrov at Flushing Meadows.
He will no doubt be supported by his doting wife Kim Murray, who was pictured earlier this week in the stands watching his match against French tennis player Corentin Moutet.
The trip to New York will certainly bring back special memories for the couple as it’s reported the US Open is the place where they first met back in 2005. At the time, Kim was travelling with her father, Nigel Sears, who was head of the women’s section of the lawn tennis association in England.
Their romance developed quickly but the couple managed to keep it under wraps as they spent time getting to know each other. Kim was hurtled into the limelight a year later when hopeless romantic Andy won his first ever tournament in San Jose, California and rushed through the crowds to give his stunning new girlfriend a kiss.
She was a teenager still at school at the time. “I went away with him thinking it’s fine because he’s never going to win so I’ll be back in time for school on Monday and then he did!” the doting partner later recalled.
The couple announced their engagement in November 2014 and were married at Dunblane Cathedral in April the following year.
Despite now being a busy mum-of-four and with the running of their Scotland-based hotel Cromlix, Kim has still managed to find the time to cheer on Andy at various tournaments. In 2015, shortly after tying the knot, the tennis champion praised the “sacrifice” Kim has made for his career.
