{"id":298296,"date":"2023-12-16T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T14:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=298296"},"modified":"2023-12-16T14:24:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T14:24:10","slug":"andy-murray-waxes-lyrical-about-absolute-genius-ronaldinho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-waxes-lyrical-about-absolute-genius-ronaldinho\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray waxes lyrical about &#8216;absolute genius&#8217; Ronaldinho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/Andy-Murray-Ronaldinho-5118746.jpg?r=1702729846663\"><\/p>\n<p>Andy Murray has hailed the \u2018genius\u2019 former Barcelona forward Ronaldinho and the tennis star says he would turn up early to his matches just to watch him practice. The Scot moved to the Spanish city aged 15 to help progress his tennis career, handing him the perfect opportunity to watch Ronaldinho play in La Liga.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian football legend joined Barca in 2003 and enjoyed his prime years in the Catalan region. Murray was able to watch plenty of Los Blaugrana\u2019s matches during his formative years in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old, a keen football fan who trialled with Rangers as a teenager, has described Ronaldinho as his \u2018favourite athlete\u2019 while he was growing up. He has admitted to arriving at Barca\u2019s matches early to watch the eccentric star warm up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy favourite athlete growing up,\u201d Murray posted on X, replying to a video of some of Ronaldinho\u2019s best moments in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> READ MORE: <\/strong> <strong>Rafael Nadal comments from two years ago sum up his current comeback[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/Andy-Murray-Ronaldinho-Barcelona-5118750.jpg?r=1702729846741\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I moved to Barcelona to train at 15 I got the chance to watch him live a bunch of times. Absolute genius. Always smiling. I\u2019d arrive early at the stadium just to watch him warm up as he\u2019d be doing ridiculous skills and tricks like in the video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murray is preparing for the 2024 season after missing the Davis Cup. The two-time Wimbledon champion ominously revealed that he was not enjoying his tennis after a disappointing defeat to Alex De Minaur at the Paris Masters in October.<\/p>\n<p>The Briton has not played since. \u201cI\u2019m not really enjoying it just now in terms of how I feel on the court and how I\u2019m playing,\u201d Murray said at the time.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> DON&#8217;T MISS&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Carlos Alcaraz has intense 35-day plan to help him stop Djokovic in his tracks[TENNIS] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Nadal&#8217;s practice partner messages Roger Federer&#8217;s coach to spill the beans[QUOTES] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Emma Raducanu&#8217;s ex-coach that called out &#8216;red flags&#8217; makes offer to Coco Gauff[NEWS] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/Andy-Murray-tennis-5118775.jpg?r=1702729846853\"><\/p>\n<p>The last five, six months haven\u2019t been that enjoyable, so I need to try to find some of that enjoyment back because playing a match like that there\u2019s not much positivity there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I play a good point, I\u2019m not really getting behind myself and then, in the important moments, that will to win and fight that has always been quite a big, big part of my game [is not there].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIf I want to keep going, I\u2019m going to need a lot of work. It\u2019s not just going to be like one or two weeks of training to get me to where I need to get to, it\u2019s going to have to be a lot of work and consistent work to give myself a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/1846301\/Andy-Murray-tennis-Ronaldinho-Barcelona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Andy Murray has hailed the \u2018genius\u2019 former Barcelona forward Ronaldinho and the tennis star says he would turn up early to his matches just to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-waxes-lyrical-about-absolute-genius-ronaldinho\/\" title=\"Andy Murray waxes lyrical about &#8216;absolute genius&#8217; Ronaldinho\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Andy Murray waxes lyrical about &#039;absolute genius&#039; 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