What is Andy Murray really like?

It is a question I am frequently asked.

Driven, passionate, emotional, resilient and potty-mouthed are all adjectives regular Murray watchers could turn to.

Mischievous, funny, loyal, polite and indecisive are words I would add, having been lucky enough to develop a professional relationship with him over the past 11 years.

As I travelled home from Wimbledon one autumn afternoon, a message flashed up on the screen in my car.

It was from Murray’s long-time agent Matt Gentry, informing me Andy had just contacted him to say I had cut him up on a slip road on to the A3.

I am still (well, 95%) sure I had not – and was only too aware of his sense of humour – but my pulse still quickened a little when I turned off the A3 and was followed for the next 20 minutes by an expensive-looking car.

I never got a clear look at the driver’s face as he was a lot lower to the ground than I was, but the journey home became more relaxing once the car in question had turned left.

Read more from Russell on his decade on tour with Andy Murray here

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