Judy Murray has called for greater female representation at all levels and aspects of sports in general. This comes as many of those are pointing out the lack of female coaches in tennis.

The 64-year-old is known for coaching her two sons, Andy Murray and Jamie Murray, to great sporting success. She grew up playing tennis in the summer and badminton in the winter and transitioned to coaching where she trained her sons through their formative years.

Andy Murray is a former World No. 1 and has three Grand Slam singles titles to his name, while in doubles Jamie is a seven-time major champion and a former World No. 1.

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Judy Murray says female representation will help sports

Judy recently started a writing career and released her first book, The Wild Card, earlier this year. The story is a thriller about a former tennis star who enters Wimbledon as a wild card and ends up building a winning streak while secrets from her past start coming to light.

She revealed that one reason she wrote the book was to highlight the need for more female representation in all aspects of sport. Judy added that this necessity really came to light during the abuse scandal in USA gymnastics which was revealed in 2016.

"I think that really came to light with the situation with the US gymnastics team and the team doctor. It wasn’t until many years later, after all the abuse that happened that they felt experienced and strong enough to speak out about it. But you know that there had been a cover up at the top," she said via The Courier.

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She went on to say that sport needed more women to understand the world of female athletes.

"So you need female doctors and physios and fitness trainers and psychologists. You need women there to understand the world according to women, because it’s different from the world according to men," she continued.

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