Murray’s haul leaves daughter unimpressed

Andy Murray celebrated victory in the doubles at Queen’s by showing his latest title to his daughter – who was unimpressed by his triumph.

The 32-year-old took a significant step on his road to recovery when, alongside Feliciano Lopez, he lifted the doubles title just months after fearing his career was at an end.

Murray is suffering from a tight back as he adjusts to his increased level of activity and intensity, but he achieved one of his few remaining ambitions, even if his three-yearold daughter Sophia Olivia did not respond to him doing so as he may have hoped.

The prospect of sharing his success with his two daughters had driven Murray to return from his career-threatening hip injury – his last singles title came in Dubai in February 2017 when Sophia Olivia was too young to recognise his achievement and Edie had not even been born.

Murray joined Lopez in a Spanish restaurant in London as they celebrated their silverware, something he later showed to his eldest daughter.

“It was more a plate we got given to take home,” he said. “Unfortunately she wasn’t particularly interested.

“I think she obviously understands, you know, a little bit more about kind of what it is I do and, which is nice for me.

“My back’s just a bit stiff and sore. We had just a light practice (on Monday) and rested up and hopefully feel alright.

“Most players, when they come back from a big operation and haven’t played for five months, you’d expect to be a bit stiff and sore in a few places. But overall I’m really happy with how I feel.”

Murray will continue his preparations for Wimbledon by playing doubles in Eastbourne with Brazil’s Marcelo Melo, where they have been drawn against top seeds Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Caba.

“We hit for like 30, 40 minutes and then we chatted about the match and the thing that he likes to do on the court and the signals and how he likes to play,” the Scot revealed.

“I was anticipating we’d probably play a bit more; me and Feli were playing quite conventional doubles, and (Melo) expects a lot more moving around at the net. So that will be again a different sort of challenge, but it can also be very effective if done well.

“(I’ve previously) played a little bit of doubles with him. He’s good fun. Pretty laid-back guy. Hopefully we’ll do well.”