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lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Andy Murray has insisted he does not regret being born in an era when he faces the biggest challenge imaginable in tennis, with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic blocking his path to glory.<\/p>\n<p>Murray was the primary rival to Federer, Nadal and Djokovic when he was at the peak of his powers, but injuries hampered his ambitions at the back end of his career.<\/p>\n<p>The Scot finished his career with three Grand Slam titles, two Olympic gold medals in singles and the distinction of being world No 1 at a time when he was up against the three greatest male players of all-time.<\/p>\n<p>Murray\u2019s two moments came as he ended Britain\u2019s 77-year wait for a Wimbledon champion in 2013 and he also won an Olympic gold medal when he beat Federer on Wimbledon\u2019s Centre Court the year before that maiden Wimbledon title.<\/p>\n<p>Now Murray is content in retirement and speaking at an <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wimbledon.com\/en_GB\/apps\">IBM event at Wimbledon<\/a>, Murray told Tennis365 that he looks back on his career without any regrets, as he suggested the chance to compete against three players who won a remarkable 66 Grand Slam titles between them was the ultimate challenge.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/roger-federer-wimbledon-jo-wilfried-tsonga-victory\">\u2018How I beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon\u2019 \u2013 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga looks back on his greatest Wimbledon moment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-explains-what-he-would-love-to-do-with-roger-federer-and-rafael-nadal-soon\">Novak Djokovic explains what he would \u2018love\u2019 to do with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal soon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould I have won more if Roger, Rafa and Novak were not around? Probably, but I don\u2019t look at it like that,\u201d stated Murray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe I would have won more if there had been one less of them or, even better, two less of them!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing back here now, I do see this event differently. When I was playing, it was all about the pressure building and every year that I didn\u2019t get over the line, there were more questions over whether I would ever do it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t sure if I would ever get over the line at Wimbledon. Federer won seven, Djokovic has won seven, Nadal won a couple, so there were not too many chances for me to win around that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were definitely times when I probably wished they were not playing at the same time as them, but the other way to look at this is I was fortunate to play these three great champions on the biggest stages of tennis and try to beat them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI may be biased, but for me, that was the best era we have ever seen in men\u2019s tennis. To have three players like that winning 20-plus Grand Slams each. I\u2019m not sure we will see that again in my lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way I look back on it is I was fortunate to play against and beat Djokovic on Centre Court at Wimbledon. I was fortunate to take on Rafael Nadal at Roland-Garros, at a time when he was virtually unbeatable on clay. I was fortunate to beat Roger Federer in an Olympic final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t always get the results I wanted against them, but I have incredible experiences and memories from my career and I\u2019m not sitting here now thinking about what might have been.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud of what I achieved in that time. I put so much into it, I pushed my body as far as it could go and the achievements I have are pretty amazing given where I came from and how hard it is to make it in this sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams staged an improbable comeback at the age of 44 at this year\u2019s Wimbledon Championships, but Murray has insisted his ageing body ensures he will not be considering any return to the tennis court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA comeback? Oh my God, not a chance,\u201d he added. \u201cAs much as I would love to have kept playing, my body was in bits and I now play golf. That is a lot easier on the body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s interesting to come back to Wimbledon now. I always associated this tournament with pressure and expectation when I was playing, but it\u2019s not to come back now and remember the good times I had here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/roger-federer-picks-his-favourite-wimbledon-match-of-all-time-its-iconic\">Roger Federer picks his favourite Wimbledon match of all time \u2013 \u2018It\u2019s iconic\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Murray\u2019s candid confession as he is asked about Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic Kevin Palmer 09 Jul 2026 8:30 PM Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic Andy Murray has insisted he does not regret being born in an era when he faces the biggest challenge imaginable in tennis, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2035714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2035714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2035714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2035714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2035714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}