With Queen’s taking centre stage this week, Jamie Murray has found himself in a completely different role as the new Tournament Director.
It’s a role that he’s thrown himself into and highlights the respect he has from the hierarchy currently in place overseeing professional tennis.
Murray is more renowned for being on the court as a doubles specialist and has claimed 37 titles in that format of the game.
The 38-year-old has won the US Open and Australian Open playing men’s doubles and lifted Wimbledon and US Open crowns playing mixed doubles.
Given his new role as Tournament Director at Queen’s, Murray has been quizzed on whether he’s now considering calling time on his career.
Jamie Murray shares whether he’s considering retiring
Good news for fans of doubles tennis… Jamie Murray doesn’t plan on going anywhere just yet.
The player is now 38 and that means that he won’t be playing on forever and this role has given him a taste of life after playing.
When quizzed on his playing career, Murray gave a pretty emphatic response.
He said on BBC Two: “My goal is to keep playing. I am still enjoying playing and travelling. These tournaments are getting better every year so your motivation to do well and continue playing at this level is high.
“I want to enjoy it as long as I can. This for me was a two-week commitment. I couldn’t play last week or this week. It affects my grass court season but the rest of the year should be fine.”
Murray still has a lot to offer in doubles tennis
What a career. Murray has been a brilliant servant to tennis in the doubles game and hopefully, he has a few more years.
Much like Andy Murray, Jamie has also experienced some injury problems and that is merely a case of age catching up with him.
Murray has put his body through the wringer playing on the doubles circuit and now things are starting to catch up with him.
The experienced performer still has a lot to offer and hopefully, fans will be able to watch Murray in action later on in 2024.
It appears that Murray has done a good job as the tournament director at Queen’s this week.
As a result, perhaps it’s a role that he can do with distinction when the time does come to bow out of the game in a playing sense.
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