Andy Murray
from IOL:
Many sportsmen swear by avoiding sex before a big event to keep their strength for the battle ahead.
Not Andy Murray. The British tennis player says he plays so often that abstaining before matches would means he was always saying no.
In contrast to the likes of Muhammad Ali, who is said to have abstained for six weeks before each fight, Murray admitted: “I’m not one of those sportsmen who practises a strict policy of sexual abstinence before playing.”
Murray, 23, whose relationship with girlfriend Kim Sears goes back six years, told Spain’s El Mundo newspaper: “Tennis is not like boxing.
“I remember a former world heavyweight whose trainer banned him from having sex six weeks before a fight. We play every week, so with a boxer’s mentality we’d always be saying “no”.”
Murray competed in 19 tournaments last year, involving 75 matches.
He is currently in Barcelona training for the Madrid Open.
At least the world No 4 is free to make his own decisions, unlike the German football team who were banned by then manager Berti Vogts from having sex before games at the 1994 World Cup.
In contrast at the last World Cup in South Africa, the Argentinian and Brazilian teams were actually encouraged to spend time with their partners
Scientists say there is no evidence that sex the night before an event affects sporting performance.
Some have even suggested that it can be beneficial by increasing the production of testosterone, which heightens aggression.
Well I'm glad we got that out of the way, I was really concerned for a minute that Andy Murray wasn't having enough sex.
