‘It's humbling' – Andy Murray admits embarrassment at being beaten by 5-year-old son in different sport
SIR ANDY MURRAY has revealed that he is regularly "humbled" by his five-year-old son as the youngster has started to beat him at a new sport.
Murray, 38, may have been hoping to raise tennis' next big star, but it would appear he is developing a chess prodigy instead.
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Andy Murray has revealed that his five-year-old son is beating him at chess
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The Scot,
Murray revealed that the little one is already learning the strategic sport and is doing so well that is often getting the better of his dad.
He said: "My five-year-old boy has got really into chess, which I'm really enjoying playing with him.
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"I'm not a particularly good chess player, but I've got quite an analytical mind and I enjoy the game and watching him learn and playing with him.
"It's difficult losing to a five-year-old when in the middle of the game he's asking you to come and wipe his bum, essentially.
"He's going to the toilet in the middle of the game, and then he comes back and is beating me at chess. It's humbling that, for my intelligence".
Murray has had more time to spend polishing his chess game since he
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Murray recently split from coaching Novak Djokovic
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But he has found himself a new career in the time since,
The two-time Wimbledon champion has taken up a role as an associate partner at London-based investment firm Redrice Ventures.
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He told the
'I've seen it before with other athletes — when they haven't had other interests straight after sport, it becomes hard for them to know who they are.
'I'm also only 38 years old, so that's a long time to be retired.
'My plan was always to spend more time on my other business interests once I'd finished playing tennis, and I'm enjoying starting to work on some of those projects now.
'I think for me it's the work ethic and single-minded determination to succeed.'
Murray previously worked with Redrice in 2018 as part of a co-investment involving sportswear company Castore.
He already has several business interests including a five-star country house hotel in Scotland, a padel tennis firm and a crowdfunding platform called Seedrs.
Andy Murray's career timeline
SIR Andy Murray is Great Britain's most successful tennis player of the Open era.
After breaking through in 2005 to reach the Wimbledon third round at 18, the Scot was British No1 by the following year.
In 2008 he reached his first Grand Slam final at the US Open, only to fall to Roger Federer in straight sets.
Two more final defeats at the Australian Open to Federer and Novak Djokovic followed in 2010 and 2011 before heartbreak at Wimbledon in 2012.
Despite taking the first set against Federer, he fell 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 in front of a home crowd before breaking into tears on Centre Court.
But a month later on the same court he beat the Swiss legend to earn Team GB a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics.
And weeks after that he broke his Grand Slam duck at the fifth attempt, beating Djokovic in five sets in the US Open final.
In 2013, following another Australian Open final loss, Murray beat Djokovic in straight sets to become the first British man in 77 years to win the Wimbledon title.
Three more losing Grand Slam finals followed, at the 2015 and 2016 Australian Opens and the 2016 French Open.
But in his third Grand Slam final of 2016, Murray won Wimbledon again with a straight sets victory over Canadian Milos Raonic.
He followed it up with his second Olympic gold medal, beating Juan Martin del Potro in a four-hour epic in the final in Rio de Janeiro.
Later in 2016 Murray became world No1 - the first British man to do so in history.
Over his career Murray reached 11 Grand Slam finals, winning three. He won two Olympic golds and a silver (in the mixed doubles alongside Laura Robson).
He finishes his career with 46 titles and over £50million in earnings, making him the fourth all-time leader in earnings.
His final match was at the Paris 2024 Olympics, where he lost in the quarter-final of the men's doubles at Roland Garros to USA pair Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz.
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