Micah Richards was not necessarily looking forward to spending time with Sir Andy Murray – until the two-time Wimbledon winner blew the ex-Manchester City captain away with his wit. Murray, 37, is currently Down Under trying to coach Novak Djokovic to a record breaking 25th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. When he was still playing, Murray's matches – particularly at Wimbledon – were an unmissable national event, where millions across Great Britain would be perched on the edge of their seats as the Scot put everybody through the ringer.
Yet, Murray, who officially retired from tennis this year after the Olympic Games in Paris, has always been levelled with accusations of being a boring character. He was taunted for his supposedly dry personality so often, he began to play into the character and make it his own.
When Murray was invited to take part in the 19th season of A League of Their Own, bubbly Richards admitted he was expecting the big-serving former World No. 1 to be a bit dull. But the ex-England international could not have been more wrong. In an exclusive interview with Mirror Sport, Richards, who was promoting the new season of Sky's A League of Their Own which features Murray as a guest, admitted: "I thought Andy Murray was going to be boring.
