ANDY Murray's mother today described the emotional turmoil she experiences watching her son play.
Judy Murray said she likes to sit in the corner of the players' box to concentrate on the match and puts "a lot of emotion" into her supporting.
She is always found seated alongside her son's girlfriend, Kim Sears, who she said knows when to keep
quiet and when to offer an encouraging shout.
"Team Murray", her son's four-man coaching team, make up the rest of the row, and it is strength coach and resident joker Matty Little who has the loudest roar.
"I don't like talking when I watch matches. I like to just sit, which is why I always sit in the corner, so that there's nobody on one side of me," Ms Murray told the Independent newspaper.
"I have Kim on the other side, but she doesn't say much either. She's a very good supporter. She knows when is the right time to shout, when to stay quiet, when it's time to just do something reassuring or when it's time to shout 'Come on!' and really get up.
"I put a lot of emotion into my supporting. It's just the way that I am. It means I'm always shattered at the end of a tight match. The Wawrinka match nearly sent me to an early grave."
Murray's epic five-set battle against Swiss 19th seed Stanislas Wawrinka in the fourth round went right to the wire.
During the match Mrs Murray could be seen yelling her support and pumping her fist.
She also revealed she warns her son not to throw too much stuff away to the crowd when he wins – he only has six new match shirts left.
But she has not been pressurising the 22-year-old about shaving or cleaning up because all she wants during the tournament is for her son to be relaxed.
Mrs Murray said her younger son looks to his team for support more than his older brother Jamie, who has been competing in the mixed doubles.
She said sometimes he looks up at the players' box for "a little reassurance and a friendly face".
As well as family and coaches, Murray also has the support of his dog Maggie, named after Rod Stewart's song Maggie May.
He has been playing frisbee with the border collie on his days off but she does not pay much attention to the tennis.
Mrs Murray said his father, Willie Murray, grandparents, uncles and aunts were also in London to support him, although they were not staying in the house.
Mrs Murray's support extends to delivering pizza for her son.
After the Wawrinka clash, he phoned her at Pizza Express in Wimbledon village to bring him a margherita.
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