Ladies smash it… with help of Love Island
ANDY Murray’s withdrawal from Wimbledon will mean Britain’s next generation of female stars grabbing more attention this week.
But the five women, aged 23 and under, share one of the ways the two-time champion found to escape the pressure – Love Island.
The youngest, Katie Swan, 19, has joined Andy Murray’s management firm and says the Scottish player is a secret fan.
She said: “I haven’t spoken to him about tennis – we have just spoken about Love Island. He is watching it as well.
“He says that he doesn’t but he’s definitely a fan. He told me he just pops his head around the corner when his wife is watching it but I don’t think that’s true.
“You can’t know what he knows by just watching a bit – he definitely knows everything that’s going on. He knows all the names.”
On the eve of the tournament Murray, 31, said it was “too soon” to play five-set matches after his comeback from hip surgery.
So Katie will be out to make British fans proud, along with Harriet Dart, 21, Gabriella Taylor, 20, Katy Dunne, 23, and Katie Boulter, 21. Apart from Leicester City fan Katie Boulter, they are all making their debut.
And Katy Dunne is another one addicted to Love Island: “It helps when you’ve got friends there and people that you can chat to or hang out with, have dinner with. And we are all loving Love Island right now. It’s so good,” she admitted. I don’t think there is a tennis player not watching it. “It’s kind of the perfect thing. “We’re working hard in the day or dealing with stuff and matches and pressure. That’s the least focusing TV show that you can watch and it’s also just funny.”
The girls might not want to predict a Wimbledon winner but Katie Swan says Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham, are nailed on to take the Love Island title.