Andy Murray's 5-year-old son is too good for him in chess

Dubai: Three-time Major champion Andy Murray had no qualms in accepting that his five-year old son was defeating him in chess.

Murray who recently parted ways with Novak Djokovic after a short coaching stint, said he has been spending time playing chess with his son at home.

“My 5-year-old boy has got massively into chess, which I’m really enjoying playing with him because I’m not a particularly good chess player but I’ve got quite an analytical mind,” Murray told the BBC.

“I enjoy the game and watching him learn and playing with him. It’s difficult losing to a five-year-old when in the middle of the game he’s asking you to come and wipe his bum, essentially. He’s going to the toilet in the middle of the game, and then he comes back and is beating me at chess. It’s humbling that, for my intelligence.”

Murray said he would be keen to return to coaching soon. “I would do it again at some stage. I don’t think that will happen immediately. I wasn’t planning on going into coaching as soon as I finished playing but it was a pretty unique opportunity. It was a chance to learn from one of the best athletes of all time,” he said.

“You also learn a lot about how to work with a team. As an individual athlete, you have a team of people around you, but you’re the focal point whereas when you’re coaching an individual, you’re working with a physio, physical trainers, agents, and you need to know how to get your message across to the player and find out what makes them tick. That was the thing I learned and something I need to work on if I want to do it again in the future,” he added.