WIMBLEDON

June 27, 2005

Shahar Peer

THE MODERATOR: First question, please, for Andy and Shahar.

SHAHAR PEER: How was it?

SHAHAR PEER: It was nice. First time I'm playing mixed. But it was a nice match. I hope we will take our experience from this match.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah, she actual played much better than me today. I was rubbish. The first set, I never played mixed before, so I didn't know what to do. I was scared about hitting it to the girl. Then the second set, I played a bit better. But it was okay.

SHAHAR PEER: The second time was my fault actually. One time, you can say.

ANDREW MURRAY: Well, not embarrassing. Everybody loses their serve sometimes.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah, it was good. A lot of people came to watch. We got good support. It was just unfortunate that I didn't play so well. But the crowd was very good, I thought. I wasn't expecting so many people when I got off court. I couldn't move.

ANDREW MURRAY: No, not really. Don't see why it should have happened. There were so many people standing outside waiting, I couldn't move at all. Because there was other matches going on, as well. I thought they might have been interested in someone else.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah, well, I try to. I said that I would do it as long as it doesn't get in the way of my matches and my practice. But when I have the time, yeah. I tried to do everybody's, but I couldn't because they were all pushing. I couldn't even move.

ANDREW MURRAY: Uhm, I'm leaving on Thursday or Friday to go to Newport, and then I'm not sure what I'm going to do next couple of days. I think I'll take a rest day, go go-karting or something. Actually, I'm supposed to be going to the Coldplay concert tonight which starts at 9, so I want to get out of here (smiling).

ANDREW MURRAY: The last few hours?

ANDREW MURRAY: Well, doing a press conference after a mixed doubles match isn't normal, I don't think. The guy told me it's the first time that anybody's wanted to do a first-round doubles match, so I think that's a bit strange. Apart from that, I've just been asked to do a lot of autographs, like even from people in the street. It's a little bit weird.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah.

ANDREW MURRAY: Financially, no, not really, because I signed my contracts at the start of the year and you can't change your contracts after six months. They're all quite long. Financially, I can't really do anything else because I have both of my patches, my clothes and my racquets.

ANDREW MURRAY: I haven't really spoken to anyone about it yet, but I'm sure maybe I'll be able to get some more, yeah.

ANDREW MURRAY: What will it mean?

ANDREW MURRAY: Well, I'd have to get used to it. I'd understand if he didn't because he has a young family. He has commitments for Sky. If he stops doing the thing with Sky, stops his job with the LAT, after three or four months of working with me and doesn't enjoy it, then he doesn't have a job. It's a pretty big commitment for him and he's going to have to make a big decision. It would be difficult if he said no, but I'm sure I'd find someone else.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yes.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yes.

ANDREW MURRAY: There was after Queen's, and there was a lot of talk about different people. But since I said I wanted him to be my coach, nobody's said anything else.

SHAHAR PEER: I email him in French Open, just asking if he wants to play the mixed. He answer yes. So we sign up.

ANDREW MURRAY: We never really spoke that much before this week.

SHAHAR PEER: No.

ANDREW MURRAY: I think because I played well in the doubles match in Israel, in the Davis Cup, maybe that's why she asked to play with me (smiling).

ANDREW MURRAY: I was going to play with a friend from Spain, but we weren't going to get in, so I thought it would be better to play with someone we'd get in with.

ANDREW MURRAY: Nothing. Go-karting yesterday was the most fun thing I've done.

ANDREW MURRAY: I was racing in a team, and my team let me down.

ANDREW MURRAY: How?

ANDREW MURRAY: They drove slower than the other cars.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah. There was a couple of guys who were like semi-professional, and they were better than everyone there. I was probably the third or fourth best. There were maybe 28, 30 people there.

ANDREW MURRAY: I can't really answer that now because the last couple of days, well, it's only been for maybe three or four days now, and maybe after a couple of months it might be quite difficult. But I'm going to be doing a lot of traveling so I'm not really going to be at home. I don't think it's such a bad thing.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah, of course I enjoyed it. The main thing was playing on Centre Court and playing on Court 1 and winning a couple of matches. I really enjoyed myself here. Hopefully I can come back and do a bit better next year.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah, it was -- it wasn't as big, but it was still pretty good. There was a lot of people there. On the side where the stand is, there's still a lot of people. There were so many people crowding around. It wasn't a huge difference. It still feels the same, it's just a tennis court.

ANDREW MURRAY: Yeah, it would be great, for whichever country the Olympics is held in. Obviously, Wimbledon would be a great place to hold it. Some of the clay-courters might not like it so much. But I think it's very good for the whole country. I'd really like it if it was held in London as well.

ANDREW MURRAY: Very good. When I first went over to Spain when I was 15, it wasn't so good. Since 16 and a half, 17, their funding has been perfect. I can't really have asked for anything else.

ANDREW MURRAY: I'm not going to ask for more support. It's their decision what they give me. So far it's been very good. If they give me more, then obviously I'll be happy. But if not, it's not going to make a huge difference.

ANDREW MURRAY: Really (smiling)? That's great. That's the best thing about it.

ANDREW MURRAY: No, not really. It's good.

ANDREW MURRAY: I don't actually. I'm going with a couple of friends.

ANDREW MURRAY: When I was signing the autographs, they said, "Andy, Andy." I looked up. They were like, "Do you like the sign?" I was like, "Yeah." Then they were like, "What's your answer?" I was like, "I'm too young."

ANDREW MURRAY: Boxing is my favorite sport for the last three years really. The day I lost my match, I stayed up until 5 in the morning, I watched Floyd Mayweather against Arturo Gatti, who is in the same division of Ricky Hatton, who is my favorite boxer. I was lining seeing if Ricky Hatton would be able to win against either of them because they were the best two in the division.

ANDREW MURRAY: I actually went to watch Scott Harrison once. Obviously, he's very good. I like watching him as well because he's Scottish.