Murray’s lesbian coach announces she’s pregnant on eve of his wedding
ANDY Murray’s coach has announced she is pregnant – two days before the British tennis star’s wedding to Kim Sears.
Former world No 1 Amelie Mauresmo is expecting her baby in August, and will be heavily pregnant as she guides Murray through Wimbledon.
The openly gay 5-year-old broke the news on social media last night.
Miss Mauresmo revealed on Twitter: ‘Baby will be here in august! #pregnant So happy.’
Murray, 27, marries long-time fiancee Miss Sears at Dunblane Cathedral tomorrow and the news is likely to overshadow their preparations.
Miss Mauresmo, who won Wimbledon and the Australian Open titles in 2006, came out as gay at the 1999 Australian Open.
However, tennis blog Open Court reported rumours that she had been seen looking at engagement rings with a man.
It reported: ‘Just two days ago there were
‘Baby will be here in August!’
rumours floating around that she and her boyfriend (yup) ducked into a jewellers to look at engagement rings. And that they were out to dinner together Tuesday night.’
It added that Miss Mauresmo had passed on the wine for a toast and drank water instead.
Last night’s Tweet was accompanied by a photo of a pair of baby-sized blue All Star trainers next to a pair of adult shoes.
Miss Mauresmo was appointed as Murray’s coach in June 2014 following his split from Ivan Lendl three months earlier.
Much of the initial debate around Miss Mauresmo’s appointment centred on whether she could instil a more aggressive attitude in Murray. But it also focused on whether he could rediscover the self-control that became so evident under Lendl. Away from the court, on which he is ferociously competitive, Murray is said to be thoughtful, with a gentle and sensitive side, similar to softly spoken Miss Mauresmo.
He was forced to defend her appointment, saying: ‘She was someone who struggled with nerves and conquered them later in her career. Someone like that can help more than someone who hasn’t had those issues before.
‘You can talk about Amelie’s accomplishments, she won a lot. She was No 1 in the world, she won multiple Grand Slams, she had a creative game style. As a person, she is very nice, very easy to communicate with, but she is firm as well. So those are the reasons I wanted to give it a shot.’
Murray insisted his coaching liaison with Miss Mauresmo was long-term after he surrendered his Wimbledon crown last summer.
The Scot arrived back in Britain on Monday as world No in the new rankings.
Despite his recent tournament finishes getting him back near the top of his game, Murray has had to put tennis aside this week as he and Miss Sears make last-minute preparations for their wedding tomorrow.