Andy Murray has opened up on the most ‘horrible’ moment of his tennis career.
The 37-year-old won three Grand Slams during his tennis days, prior to hanging up his racket after the Paris Olympics back in the summer.
Murray established himself as an icon of the sport along the way, especially given how he had to compete with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic during their prime.
The former world No 1, speaking on Sporting Misadventures with Chris Hoy, has now looked back on one of his worst memories.
Andy Murray has opened up on the most ‘horrible’ moment of his tennis career
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He says that, after an Australian Open match a few years ago, he was called in for drug testing.
But the day took a turn when he realised he needed the toilet halfway through.
“A few years ago, I played a first round at the Australian Open. I played four hours and 40 minutes or something, and I won,” he said.
“At the end of the year beforehand, I’d been having some issues with cramping so in that match it was the first tournament of the new year and I was nervous about potentially cramping again so I’d been nailing the energy gels and sports drink and pickle juice.
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“I finished the match, won the match and, when I came off the court, I got asked to join a drugs test straight off the court and I was like f***ing hell, really but I was in a good mood because I’d won.
“So I went straight from court and I needed to go to the toilet. So I went to do the drugs test. It’s not the most pleasant experience. I’ve gone into the cubicle with the guy and it’s a tight cubicle.
“Obviously, they ask you to pull your shorts down below your knees and lift your shirt up above your stomach so I assume they can make sure it’s you peeing into the thing.
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“As I start to go I’m like my stomach has gone here.
“And I’m like I’ve got to sit down and I’m sitting with a guy staring right in my face having like the most violent diarrhoea in front of this guy. It’s a horrible moment… and for him as well.”
Another bad memory for Murray was when, as a youngster, he was prevented from playing after he hit a supervisor on the leg in a fit of rage.
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Andy Murray suffered with the ‘most violent diarrhoea’ after an Australian Open match a few years ago
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“I got defaulted from a match where I’d thrown my racket, it had gone underneath the fence and hit the supervisor on the leg. I got defaulted from the match,” he continued.
“The event I was playing was in Edinburgh. It was where Tennis Scotland offices were and, at the time, my mum was the head of Tennis Scotland.
“And she was in the office doing some work and I had to trudge back into the Tennis Scotland offices and let her know that her son had been defaulted for hitting the supervisor with a racket. So that was quite a quiet drive home.”
Andy Murray is set to keep working with Novak Djokovic
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Murray is currently enjoying some time off.
He worked with Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open, mentoring the Serb as he reached the semi-finals of the competition.
Murray is reportedly set to keep working with the former world No 1, with the duo set to team up for the French Open and Wimbledon later in the year.