“I know now that when you are just a few weeks away from giving birth it’s not easy to be concentrated exactly on what it is that you’re doing. If she wasn’t motivated to do the job, she wouldn’t have come back to do it. I need that at this stage of my career so it’s important to have someone who is motivated. She worked extremely hard, was one of the fitter women, so she pushes me in practise and training. She won here and had some good runs here. “There’s the experience of being around these events, what it takes to win them. Things like that are not always that easy but, with her, it is easy and that has helped a lot in the past. “All of the things that were there before she left : communication is very good, we are able to talk about practising, the game – and, as much as that might sound basic, it’s not always an easy thing to do, to open up to your coaches if you’re feeling really bad or feeling really nervous. After your practises and when you’re away from the court, it’s a bit different.
When I’ve been training, not distracted on that side of things. But when I’m on the practise court, I’m very focused there. New experiences are always good, something to learn from. “I’ve never been in this position, so it’s something new for me to deal with and handle. The challenge for Murray is to manage parallel emotions: the anticipation of what will surely be the most joyous day of his and Kim’s life, while retaining the focus needed to be sharp and unforgiving at his workplace. She seems to be handling everything very well and it hasn’t affected her.” It looks easy, I guess, when you see a baby for an hour and a half per day.
He has come to a few dinners and stuff and been really well behaved. As he said on Saturday, after another workout before his opening match against the German prodigy Alexander Zverev on Tuesday: “Her boy has been great. He and his wife, Kim, are expecting their own child, scheduled to arrive two weeks after the final here and Murray revelled in the experience of enjoying a baby’s presence in a working environment. She took her first-born to Perth when Murray was warming up for the 2016 season, a gesture he appreciated for more than the obvious reasons. While Lendl (as was his right) opted for the gentler attractions of Florida’s golf courses, Mauresmo plainly has made the sort of commitment that not only requires the usual sacrifices of time and hard yards but comes with a unique rider: a five-month-old baby boy called Aaron. Contrast that messy divorce with the arrangement Murray has forged since then with Amélie Mauresmo.
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