Laura Robson reveals Andy Murray's obsession with Olympic pins: "It was like he had won the Olympic Gold"
ATPMonday, 29 July 2024 at 21:30
Laura Robson spoke about Andy Murray’s obsession with collecting Olympic pins from other athletes at the Olympic Games. Robson partnered with Murray in the 2012 Olympic Games, and they won a silver medal in mixed doubles.
The former world No. 1 is living his final moments as a professional, having announced his retirement will take place once his participation in Paris concludes. Murray planned to play singles but, not being at 100% physically, decided to only compete in doubles alongside Dan Evans.
Murray’s fascination with collecting Olympic pins
The 2-time Wimbledon champion chose to play his final professional tournament in Paris 2024, given his history as a double gold medalist. This time, Murray is only playing doubles and survived a tough first-round match with Evans, where they saved five match points to defeat Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel 2-6, 7-6(5), 11-9.
“It’s probably up there. Probably the way that we were playing to that stage would not have suggested that we were likely to come back,” Andy Murray said after the match. “I certainly didn’t feel like I was playing well. Evo played well at times, but both of us can play much better than that. And then it just all clicked at the end, and we played some pretty, pretty good stuff.”
The historic Scottish player is recognized as the male player with the best results at the Olympic Games, thanks to his gold medals in singles at London 2012 and Rio 2016, in addition to the silver medal he won with Laura Robson in mixed doubles in London.
Andy Murray at Paris 2024.
However, it’s not just medals that Murray aims for at the Olympics. According to his former doubles partner Laura Robson, the 3-time Grand Slam champion has an obsession with collecting Olympic pins from other competitors at the Olympic Games. “He’s taking it very seriously. He didn’t do it in 2012, but then followed it up at Rio and Tokyo, he went hard,” Robson explained. “In the athlete’s village, he’s trying to find the most niche country, the smallest country.”
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“His one for this week was a guy… there’s one athlete from Liechtenstein, and he was searching the village, high and low, to try and find this poor man,” Robson added. “He tracked him down, he’s got it, and it was like he had won the Olympic gold. Honestly, he came in and was showing everyone, ‘Look what I’ve got!’”
“It’s a bit unfair in a way because it is a competition and because he’s Andy Murray, everyone wants to give him a pin. He’s got an unfair [advantage], it’s a little unfair!” Robson added.
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