Kim Sears & Andy Murray, a desired relationship off and on the court

Kim Sears was born on Dec. 10, 1987 and a student of Brighton University. Kim Sears told that she preferred to take a back seat as Andy was the star and celebrity to hog the spotlight. Guess what? Andy Murray had to chase Kim Sears for a year before she got her nod and agreed to date with him.

Andrew “Andy” Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a Scottish tennis player who is currently the British number one. Murray broke into the official ATP Top 10 for the first time on April 16, 2007. After the 2008 US Open, where Murray has achieved a career best Grand Slam result by reaching the final, he will reach a career high ranking of #4.

In December 2005, he won the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year Award, and the sport section of the Top Scot awards. His elder brother Jamie is the United Kingdom’s highest ranked doubles player. Murray is most proficient on a fast surface (such as hard or grass), although he has worked hard recently on improving his clay court game. Murray works with a team of fitness experts, with Miles Maclagan currently acting as his main coach. He was previously coached by American Brad Gilbert.

Andy Murray was born to Willie and Judy in Glasgow, Scotland. His maternal grandfather was a professional footballer who played reserve team matches for Hibernian and senior football for Stirling Albion;as a result, Murray is a Hibs fan. Murray has a bipartite patella, where the kneecap remains as two separate bones instead of fusing together in early childhood. Murray attended Dunblane Primary School, where he experienced the Dunblane Massacre of 1996. Thomas Hamilton killed 17 people, mostly children who were in a younger age group than Murray. Murray himself took cover in a classroom. Murray says he was too young to understand what was happening and is reluctant to talk about it in interviews, but in his autobiography Hitting Back he says that he attended a youth group run by Hamilton. He went on to attend Dunblane High School.

Murray first picked up a tennis racquet when he was two years old, and was soon playing with his older brother Jamie. Leon Smith, Murray’s tennis coach from 11 to 17, said he’d never seen a five-year-old like Murray, describing him as “unbelievably competitive.” Murray attributes his abilities to the motivation gained from losing to Jamie, who had been the second-best junior player in the world. He first beat Jamie in an under-12s final in Solihull, afterwards teasing Jamie until his brother hit him hard enough to lose a nail on his left hand. At 12, Murray won the Orange Bowl, a prestigious event for under-12s. He briefly moved away from tennis, turning towards football instead, but soon reverted back.

When playing against Rafael Nadal, who was a year older than Murray, he found out Nadal was training with Carlos Moyà, the world number one. Murray was angry that he had only his brother to practice with, so when he was 15 he moved to Barcelona, Spain, where he attended the Schiller International Schooland trained on the clay courts of the Sánchez-Casal Academy. Murray described this as “a big sacrifice to move away from your family, and spend money training over there when you’re not making any back”. His schoolwork was also sacrificed during this period; despite being bright, he left without qualifications. While in Spain he trained with Emilio Sánchez, formerly the world number one doubles player. In September 2004, he won the junior US Open and was selected for the Davis Cup match against Austria later that month. The following year, he won BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality. – Wikipedia