Tennis great Martina Navratilova sympathises with frustrated Andy Murray – ‘It’s exhausting’

Martina Navratilova feels Andy Murray is “doing the right thing” by not telling the press exactly when he will retire, saying it becomes exhausting when every tournament is turned into “a massive goodbye”. On the back of constant questions over his playing future, Murray snapped in February as he confirmed he is “likely not gonna play past the summer” adding that he is “bored” of the rumours surrounding his retirement.

“You know, I get asked about it (retirement) after every single match that I play, every single tournament that I play, and I’m bored of the question to be honest,” the former world No 1 said.

“And yeah, I’m not gonna talk about that more between now and whenever the time comes for me to stop. But yeah, I don’t plan on playing much past this summer.”

Yet the speculation hasn’t stopped as the next big question is “What will Andy Murray’s last tournament be?”

Navratilova knows a thing or two about constantly having to field questions about her retirement so she knows exactly what Murray is going through.

“It’s exhausting to have to deal with the press like that for Andy,” the 18-time Grand Slam singles winner told Sky Sports Tennis. “I was asked since I was about 25 years old, how much longer are you going to play?

“Finally, I said ‘I’ll let you know when I’m going to retire’ and so in 1993 I said the next year will be my last year, but I wish I hadn’t done that because every tournament was a massive goodbye and it was exhausting.

“They’d give you a key to the city or a picture, but it was exhausting. I got a Harley-Davidson in the end – thank you Virginia Slims. If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t tell the press.”