RETURN TO SLENDER Murray is determined to shape up... unlike Lendl
BRAVE ADAM BACK ON TRACK
ANDY MURRAY has vowed not to get fat at the end of his career like his ex-coach Ivan Lendl – despite piling on 10 pounds following his comeback win.
The double Wimbledon champion battled back from two hip operations to claim the European Open in Antwerp last month.
But the 32-year-old then took a break from the game – when his third child Teddy was born – and he binged on junk food while wife Kim caught up on sleep.
“I didn’t do anything literally nothing,” said No.125.
“I got up to my heaviest weight in my career probably. I was 88.5 kilos (13st 13lbs) and I’m usually 84 (13.3).
“Evenings were the issue. The newborn has been going to bed at seven and sleeping for a threehour period. My wife would sleep upstairs and get a period of good sleep in before the baby would wake up.
“I’d be downstairs and eat chocolate biscuits and stuff. There was Halloween and my second daughter’s birthday party, then also my sister-in-law had a birthday. Lots of cake and no training is not a good combination.”
But Murray, who returns to Davis Cup action in Madrid next week, joked that Lendl (right) served as a warning to him (inset) for 12 days, the world
ADAM ROYNON is set to make another comeback after 17 months out injured.
The tough Cumbrian is looking for a 2020 team place after doctors gave him the green light to start racing again.
Roynon, 31, was one of the country’s brightest talents until he suffered a serious head injury in a bizarre accident during a Great Britain training camp 10 years ago.
A freak crash at King’s Lynn, after the front wheel came loose, left him fighting for his life. He recovered to race again to keep his under control.
“He’ll probably kill me for saying this, but I always said I don’t want to end up like him,” said the Scot.
“I know if you put that in your papers I’ll get a message from him tomorrow. When he was playing he was in great shape and very thin. And when he stopped things went south, so I need to avoid that.” Speaking at the his new clothing weight firmly launch of line ‘Andy
Murray Castore’ in London yesterday, the Olympic champion said his two daughters – Sophia, three, and one-year-old Edie – were not exactly gripped by his first ATP title in two years in Antwerp.
“I think they were having dinner at Wagamama’s during the final, so I don’t think they were watching,” he added.
“They’ve seen me on the tennis court on TV over the last couple of months. I’m not sure they’ve got the patience to sit and watch a tennis match.” but has suffered a string of other injuries, the most recent a badly broken upper arm last year.
But now he is ready to try again, saying: “It’s just absolutely my life.”
And he has no fears about getting back on track.
He said: “If all the accidents were my fault, then I might think about retiring, but that’s not been the case.
“The last one, the throttle jammed open, and that’s the first time that had ever happened to me in a career that began as a 15-year-old schoolboy.
“I wanted to avoid the rider in front of me, and put myself in more danger.
“I could have let go of the bike but I turned right so I didn’t plough into him.”
■ KENT will discover if their bid to step up into next year’s Championship has been successful this week.
The Sittingbourne-based Kings, who have been in the third tier National League for seven years, present their case at the track bosses’ three-day annual meeting.
ROGER FEDERER will seek London revenge on Novak Djokovic tomorrow in their first clash since their epic Wimbledon final.
The Swiss superstar stayed alive at the Nitto ATP Finals yesterday by beating Italian Matteo Berrettini 7-6 6-3.
Next up is the Serb who saved two Championship points against him at the All England Club before claiming the firstever title in a fifth-set tiebreak.
“We’ll find out how much of a bearing the Wimbledon final will have, but it’s all flushed away from my side,” said Federer.
“A lot of water has gone under the bridge since then.
“It took me a few days, a couple weeks at most, to get over the Wimbledon loss.
“At the end of the day, I still thought I played a great final and a great tournament, beating Rafa (Nadal) there along the way.
“Indoors you’ve got to go with what you can do best.
“I’m excited playing against him. I need to focus on my game, what I do best. And regardless of what I need to do, I just hope I play well.”