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Wimbledon hero Andy Murray admitted he doesn’t have bonk ban before matches
Wimbledon hero Andy Murray admitted he doesn't have bonk ban before matches,Tennis legend Andy Murray says he happily has sex before big matches, which is little surprise given the views of his mother Judy, who used to be his coach, on the subject

Wimbledon hero Andy Murray admitted he doesn’t have bonk ban before matches

Andy Murray doesn't self-impose a bonk ban before matches like other sports stars do.

The two-time Wimbledon champion said he has "no problem" getting cosy with wife Kim before and during tournaments, particularly because they come thick and fast for tennis players.

By contrast, a number of successful boxers, who often have months or even years between fights, have admitted to abstaining from sex for weeks before a showdown including the likes of Muhammad Ali and Tyson Fury.

Murray however thinks such strict regulation would be pointless, not least because being relaxed is vital to a tennis players' pre-match preparation.

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"I’m not one of those sportsmen who practises a strict policy of sexual abstinence before playing," the Scotsman admitted in 2011.

"Tennis is not like boxing. I remember a former world heavyweight whose trainer banned him from having sex six weeks before a fight. We play every week, so with a boxer’s mentality we’d always be saying 'no'."

Andy's mother Judy, who is herself a tennis coach, insisted recently that the idea that sex bans improve performance was "a myth", and that a little bit of coitus is good for the soul while on tour.

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Murray, pictured with his wife Kim at Cheltenham Festival in 2019
Murray, pictured with his wife Kim at Cheltenham Festival in 2019 (Image: Getty Images)

"No absolutely not," she told GB News when asked if there was any logic to the theory in a tennis setting. "I mean, it's part and parcel of life, isn't it? And I think one of the things certainly on the tennis tour is it's a very lonely existence.

"You're travelling the world for probably 10 and a half, 11 months of the year, the circuit just goes on and on and on. So it's really important to have as normal a social life as you can possibly have. And that's why many, many players travel with family and partners."