Andy Murray hosted a retirement party at his Surrey mansion just a week after calling time on his career
Inside Andy Murray retirement bash at £5m mansion with Tim Henman on party guest list. Andy Murray threw a retirement party for his nearest and dearest including fellow hung up his racket legend Tim Henman just days after saying goodbye to Wimbledon.
The 37-year-old Scot, who’s plush £5million Surrey mansion, retreated to his Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, where he lives with his wife Kim and their four children, to start getting used to life off the court. Murray had only just called time on his career after bowing out of the Olympic doubles scene in Paris alongside tennisDan Evans, following an epic journey to the Roland Garros quarter-finals that saw them knocked out by Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul.
With the pair’s belting performance, whispers were flying about whether Andy might be having second thoughts about retiring. But Henman has squashed all that chat, insisting Andy’s totally relaxed with his choice. The English tennis icon, 49, said: “I actually saw him on Friday, he had a sort of a retirement bash for about 30 people at his house with Kim and his family.
“He was in great form there and I think he appreciates that this is absolutely the right time for him to stop,” reports the Express. Henman added: “He’s overcome so many challenges physically over the last few years and hopefully now, there’s a time for him to reflect a little bit and look back on what a phenomenal career he’s had, the achievements and tournaments he won, everything that goes with it.”
“[It’s] not only time to reflect, but to relax and spend time with his family because obviously the life of a professional tennis player is a massive commitment and it’s really 24/7 with the tournaments, training, travel, it’s on the road so much. Hopefully he can enjoy spending time with his kids.
Murray will be remembered as one of Britain’s most successful tennis players, boasting three Grand Slam titles and 46 ATP Tour titles. He also secured gold medals in the Olympic singles events at London 2012 and Rio 2016.
Filling Murray’s shoes will be a tough task for the next generatiTim Henman attended Andy Murray’s retirement party at his luxury mansionon of British tennis stars, with Jack Draper currently the highest-ranked male player at 28th in the world.
However, former British number one Henman, who reached the semi-finals of a major six times, thinks it would be a mistake to label the 22-year-old as the ‘next Murray’. “There will only ever be one Andy Murray,” Henman said.
