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Amelie Mauresmo, coach of tennis star Andy Murray, becomes a mom for the first time
French tennis star Amelie Mauresmo is now a mother.
The 36-year-old coach of Andy Murray gave birth to her first child, a boy, on Sunday (16 August) before Murray went on to win the final of the Montreal Masters over world number one Novak Djokovic.
‘Amelie is back home after giving birth to a baby boy this morning,’ Murray told the press after his three-set win. ‘I’m not sure she will have stayed up to watch this as she will have been too tired. But this one is for you, Amelie.’
Since teaming with Mauresmo, Murray has climbed back from outside the top 10 to number two in the world and won four titles so far this year.
‘I need to thank my team for that and especially Amelie,’ he said.
Mauresmo, 36, came out publicly as a lesbian early in her tennis career which reached its peak in 2006 when she won both Wimbledon and the Australian Open. She also had a stretch of nearly 10 months as the number one player in the world.
Mauresmo was also the Olympic silver medalist at the 2004 Games in Athens and in 2005, she won the WTA Tour Championships. In all, she won 25 singles titles on the WTA Tour before retiring as a player in 2009.
The Frenchwoman has had a successful coaching career so far. Before working with Murray, she helped coached Marion Bartoli to the Wimbledon singles crown in 2013.
Mauresmo was inducted in to the International Tennis Hall of Fame at a ceremony earlier this summer but was unable to attend because of the advanced state of her pregnancy.
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