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Judy Murray reflects on Andy’s career — in 20 years of newspaper stories

As her son confirms his retirement, Judy Murray takes a trip through the Times archives to recall a tipple with Sir Alex Ferguson, paparazzi stakeouts and the emotional toll of 20 vintage years of Andy Murray

Judy Murray reviews The Times’s coverage of her Sons’ career during an interview with Stuart Fraser
Judy Murray reviews The Times’s coverage of her Sons’ career during an interview with Stuart Fraser
LUCY YOUNG FOR THE TIMES
Stuart FraserFederica De Caria
The Times

This article was first published July 4, 2024

Shortly before she is due to take a look back through 20 years’ worth of newspaper cuttings from The Times and Sunday Times, Judy Murray receives a phone call in the Queen’s Club player lounge. It is the morning after her youngest son Andy retired from the second round of the Queen’s Club Championships and he has a lot to discuss as he ponders whether or not to have surgery on a spinal cyst.

Quite truthfully, this does not feel like the best time to take a joyous trip down memory lane. That conversation is followed two days later by an operation that ultimately was to deny Andy the opportunity to play one last singles match at

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