Documentation: Andy Murray comments on the Dunblane massacre
In a documentary on Amazon Prime lets Andy Murray look deep into his soul.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Nov 28, 2019, 09:27 am
Andy Murray has ended his ultimately successful comeback season with a win: the 32-year-old Scot defeated Tallon Griekspoor in three tight sets at the Davis Cup final in Madrid, but was then limited to his role as a cheerleader. As a mere precautionary measure against his slightly offended groin, Murray said. Once again, however, Andy Murray will be the center of attention in 2019, as the main character of a documentary that will be released on Amazon Prime on November 29: "Andy Murray: Resurfacing", the apt title.
In it, the two-time winner of an Olympic gold medal gives not only about his athletic exploits information, but also about the darkest moments of his life: In 1996, an assassin in Dunblane stormed a school and 16 people, most of them shot children aged five and six years , Murray was present at school. And more, he knew the gunman.
Andy Murray missed brother Jamie
"Well, I had to deal with the thing that happened in Dunblane," Murray said in the documentary. "When I was about nine years old. I'm sure that was difficult for all the children who attended, for a variety of reasons. For me it came: We knew the guy, we drove to his kids club, he was in our car, we dropped him off at the station every now and then. "
The incident was not without consequences in the Murray family. "Within twelve months of the assassination, our parents divorced. That was a difficult time for us. To see that and not to understand what was going on. "
Added to this was the separation pain of Brother Jamie, who went to a training center. "It was very difficult for me when he moved away," Andy Murray continued. "Around that time, I had many anxieties that came to light when I played tennis. In competitions, I suddenly got breathing problems. My sense of tennis was in a way similar to an escape. "But that's not the way to talk about it in the family.