Andy Murray's tongue in cheek pledge as he savours fresh success 

Andy Murray spoke fondly about his newfound desire to savour every success on Monday, even to the extent he will bungee jump off East Sussex's Beachy Head if victorious in Eastbourne.

Although tongue in cheek, Murray wanted to express how he refuses to take titles for granted following his ordeal with a troublesome hip which almost forced him to retire.

On Sunday, the 32-year-old Scot won the doubles at the Fever-Tree Championships at Queen's Club alongside Feliciano Lopez, less than six months after undergoing serious hip surgery.

His last title before that came in Dubai in March 2017 and he revealed on Monday how he had dared his team to skydive with him if triumphant in the United Arab Emirates.

That never came to fruition but as he prepares to partner Brazilian Marcelo Melo in the doubles at Eastbourne on Tuesday, Murray joked about being up for a new challenge.

'You sometimes forget that winning a tournament like that is really, really special,' said Murray, who faces top seeds Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal in the first round.

'Often in tennis you're like, "Right, on to the next week". You need to try and enjoy the good moments when you can and celebrate them because you don't know what's going to happen.

'When I won that tournament in Dubai I said before the week, if I win the tournament, I want to do a skydive. All of my team rejected it and were like "No chance we're doing that".

'Obviously that turned out to be the last tournament that I won. I had a lot of health problems after that because I had the issue with my elbow straight afterwards in Indian Wells and then I had the issues with my hip quite soon.'

When asked about leaping off Beachy Head, Murray smiled and said: 'I'd be up for it but I'm not going to do it on my own. I'd do it if all my team were up for it, although I don't know if my hip surgeon would be particularly happy with me trying that.'

A motivation for Murray throughout his comeback was also to have his daughters Sophia Olivia and Edie see him compete and win.

'Unfortunately she wasn't particularly interested,' said Murray, smiling, as he revealed how his eldest, three-year-old Sophia Olivia, reacted to his Queen's triumph.

Murray is staying in close contact with Sarah Muirhead-Allwood, the surgeon who operated on his hip in January, while he has also incorporated hot yoga into his rehab.

Muirhead-Allwood even visited him at Queen's last week and he plans to consult with her after playing Wimbledon. It is a case of so far, so good, as far as the Scot is concerned.

Meanwhile, Britain's Paul Jubb, the 19-year-old champion of America's college tennis system who was last week awarded a wildcard into the main draw of Wimbledon, lost on Monday.

He was beaten 6-2, 6-3 by 21-year-old American Taylor Fritz, the world No 42, in an hour in Eastbourne. Jubb appeared tired on Court No 1 after a heavy workload in recent weeks.

'It's just been a tough four weeks,' said Jubb, who still plans to ignore the temptation of turning professional in a bid to collect the £45,000 first-round prize at Wimbledon.

Play was called off due to poor weather when Cameron Norrie led 3-0 in the first set against world No 81 Jeremy Chardy.

Source: Daily Mail

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