Why Andy Murray ‘doesn’t like’ watching brother Jamie play

The former Wimbledon champion, who is eyeing his second title at the All England Club, revealed how he finds it hard watching his brother in his BBC column.

For Murray, watching Jamie play has always proved to be a tough ask and he does not feel as though it helps his older sibling either.

“I don't really like it,” he wrote in his BBC column. “It's probably not the case but it feels as though when I watch him, he loses.

“When he played the mixed doubles final here in 2007 I was just pacing around, away from Centre Court, checking the score from time to time.

“I only ran out for the last game when it looked like they might win.

“I couldn't watch the end of his match on Monday evening because I was talking to the media, and it obviously worked for Jamie!”

Murray explained that he does like watching tennis when he is not playing and that he certainly follows the scores of his rivals at big tournaments, although his schedule does not afford him to watch in a dedicated fashion.

“I will check the app and follow the live scores during the day but I don't sit and watch a whole set; when I'm getting ready I'll just catch a few points here and there,” he said.

“On Monday I only saw the end of the Berdych-Simon match, a few games of the Kyrgios match, a little bit of Roger and a couple of games of Novak.

“If I was to play Novak or Kevin Anderson in the next round, I might take a bit of a closer look, but it's such a long way away from affecting me that at this stage I'm not following it closely.

“Maybe later on in the tournament, if I was to play against one of them, I might make more of an effort to see how it's going.”

It’s very understandable that Murray would find it difficult to watch Jamie play and his mother Judy has previously spoken of how hard she finds taking in either of her sons’ matches when she is not in attendance. Only on Monday Judy said of watching the pair play in an appearance on Good Morning Britain: “It’s really stressful – it’s like a mixture of nausea and a heart attack all going on at the same time and it hasn’t got any easier, it’s actually got harder.” The fact that Murray interrupted himself to celebrate his brother winning in yesterday's press conference showed he really cares even if he doesn't watch every match.