Andy Murray ‘was down for three or four days’ after Roger Federer Wimbledon defeat

Carol Kirkwood discusses Andy Murray’s back ‘problems’

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Andy Murray took days to emotionally recover from a painful defeat in the 2012 Wimbledon final, according to his mother Judy. The Scotsman is looking to make a flying start to his long-awaited Wimbledon return as he prepares to face Nikoloz Basilashvili on Monday afternoon.

All-time great Roger Federer got the better of Murray on that fateful day nine years ago, coming back to take a four-set victory 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4.

Emotions ran extremely high that day as Murray was aiming to become the first British man to win the tournament since Fred Perry in 1936.

To add insult to injury, the loss made it four Grand Slam finals without managing to see that all-important first crown over the line.

Judy Murray told Olympics.com: “Andy was so, so devastated after losing the Wimbledon final.

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“If you can put yourself in his shoes, it’s the thing you kind of dreamed [since being] quite small and you make it to the final… you don’t know if you’ll ever get that chance again.

“You feel like you’ve let everybody down because you’ve got that far, but you haven’t quite made it.

“And, you know, for three or four days afterwards, he was really, really down.”

Murray pulled on the nation’s heart-strings when he famously got emotional during his post-match interview on Centre Court.

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His devastation was clear to see as he was denied a dream Wimbledon victory in a match which, after the first set, looked to be on the cards.

Thankfully for Murray, the sting was taken out of the defeat weeks later when he defeated Federer in straight sets to win an Olympic gold medal at London 2012.

He also ended his Wimbledon drought just one year later by ruthlessly disposing of Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

As of today, the Scot has a total of three Grand Slams under his belt, the most recent of which being his second Wimbledon victory in 2016.

Having spent years fighting through multiple injuries and surgeries, Murray is finally back at Wimbledon this year to play in front of his home fans.

In his first appearance at the tournament since 2017, he has not been given a particularly easy start with 24th seed Basilashvili set to pose a stern test in the first round.

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