Playstation addiction has affected millions of people around the world. Even the best of all tennis players are entangled in the video games trap. Former World No.1 Andy Murray also confessed that he was addicted to PlayStation which affected his performance.
Andy Murray admitted that he spent so long on the PlayStation that he was still tired on the court the next day. The 32-year-old revealed that he took his PlayStation to tournaments around the world which left him worn out. The Scott says he played video games such as Pro Evolution Soccer until 2 am or 3 am before a match.
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“I would travel with a PlayStation everywhere until probably I was like 26. I was playing way too much,” the 3-time Grand Slam champion said.
He added: “I had to play tennis the next day and I was playing until like 2 or 3 am. It would be hours, not minutes. Pro Evolution Soccer is what I used to play.”
Andy’s former coach Brad Gilbert also divulged that the Scot played video games for seven hours a day when the pair were working together in 2006 and 2007. Gilbert said Murray’s ‘obsession’ with the games was one of the reasons for rows between the pair.
However, Andy Murray said he gave up gaming while participating at big events a few years ago prior to the most successful period of his career. He then bagged three Grand Slam titles, two Olympic gold medals and a Davis Cup triumph.
Andy Murray came back from the verge of retiring from professional tennis after undergoing a career-threatening hip resurfacing operation earlier this year.
He is now back playing, preparing for the inaugural edition of the ATP Cup and Australian Open 2020 in January. Last month, Murray and his wife Kim gave birth to their third child, a boy called Teddy.
