Golf legend's comments about Andy Murray say it all about tennis icon

Golf legend Paul Lawrie has offered a fascinating insight into Andy Murray's competitive edge ahead of the tennis legend's retirement at the Olympics.

Murray, 37, announced earlier this week that the summer's Games will be the final tournament he will compete in. Despite the fact that he already boasts three Grand Slam titles and two Olympic golds, Murray will not solely see the games as a place just to say goodbye – he'll be fighting to win.

His competitive edge and unyielding determination are key tenets of what has made him such an enduring figure over the course of his career. Just ask Lawrie. The Ryder Cup hero played alongside Murray at the 2022 Battle of the Brits tennis tournament. While the competition was more of a bit of fun rather than a Grand Slam, Murray still took it seriously, as the former Open winner later attested.

In an interview with the Scotsman, Lawrie said: "I got a little glimpse of who he is and what he is when they had the Battle of Brits in Aberdeen (in 2022). Ian Holloway was the English captain and I was the Scottish captain. But Andy Murray? When he comes back after every point, honestly what a winner. When he lost a game or whatever he was coming back and just raging.

"It was funny and I am not going to swear, but the first game I did with him on his own I was just sitting on the bit (next to Murray’s chair) and it was the first few games and he was playing against somebody and he came back. I am sitting there as a golfer saying do I speak to him or do I not. Do I say something? He is quite a motivated kind of guy and I am not like that. I am not a ra-ra type of boy, I am not a fist pumper.

"He was down and the sweat is dripping off him so I whispered to him and said ‘What do you want