Filed under: Australian Open, ATP
MELBOURNE, Australia -- First off, Andy Murray needs to stop looking over to his mommy. He's 23, not a kid. God bless any grown man this close to his parents, but this is embarrassing.
Also, telling. You're trying to win the Australian Open final, and tennis is about standing on the field of battle alone. Plenty of players look to their coaches, which is embarrassing enough. Judy Murray (pictured below), who is a coach, has the added element of being Murray's mommy.
Cut the cord, Andy. Or, cut it, Judy. You can't fly for him.
We spend all our time and thoughts on the big winner in sports, which makes sense. Novak Djokovic won the Australia Open, beating Murray and climbing onto the same platform with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
But in this case, the loser was just such a colossal loss. It was newsworthy. It might have been one of the biggest losses ever among athletes who were entrenched at the top of their sport. Murray was The Biggest Loser, and not just because he lost a tennis match.
He lost his credibility. He lost his name. He lost his mind. He lost his image as a young up-and-comer.
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Source: http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2011/01/31/mommy-cant-save-you-now-andy-murray/
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