Andy Murray accuses rival players of sexism while being coached by Amelie Mauresmo

Andy Murray's partnership with Amelie Mauresmo was a landmark event in tennis. It was first instance of such a high ranked and prominent player picking a female to coach him at senior level.  anuncement came soon after Murray called it quits with his longtime coach - Ivan Lendl. reaction of tennis community to Murray's appointment of Mauresmo highlighted rampant sexism hidden in outwardly progressive men's tennis scene. 

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Mauresmo was judged harshly just because she was a woman: Murray

Ahe of 2014 Wimbledon Championships, reports started surfacing about Murray's new female coach - Amelie Mauresmo - who h herself been World . 1 in her playing career. Talking about his decision to pick Frenchwoman as his coach, Murray revealed that  "it was a bit of a -brainer" for him to pick a former female .1 as a coach. 

"Before I started working with Amelie, I was chatting to Darren Cahill and he said what about some of top former female players? To me, it was a bit of a -brainer", he said to his mor, Judy Murray, during Sky Sports' new show Driving Force.   Murray has always been a proponent of Women's Tour and has vocated for equal pay for women. 

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While female coaches are few and far between in Men's Senior circuit, many of biggest names in sport - including current World . 1 vak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Goran Ivanisevic and Marat Safin among ors - owe beginning of ir careers to women. Murray himself was coached by his mor, Judy, in his formative years. 

"I started getting messs from or players, from ir coaches saying that y couldn't believe I was playing this game with media and that I should tell m tomorrow that I was considering working with a dog. I never h experienced that before because I'd never worked with a female coach on tour" recalled Murray. 

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Andy Murray Grand Slams record

Murray's time with Mauresmo was short-lived. Coming off of a back surgery Murray dropped to .10 after his quarter-finals exit from Wimbledon and would eventually fall out fo Top 10 for first time since 2008. Just after ending his partnership with Mauresmo in June 2016, Murray won his second Wimbledon title - his third and last Grand Slam title. He has said that t winning a Slam during his time with Mauresmo remains one of his biggest regrets. 

He also said that he felt Mauresmo was "harshly judged by a lot of people, purely because she was a woman" and was questioned for Murray's failures to win matches. He ted that this was t something generally that happened with male coaches on Tour. 

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Im Credits: AP