Judy Murray hits back at public scrutiny after being branded 'a nightmare pushy parent'

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Andy who won Wimbledon in 2013 and seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion Jamie, on the international tennis circuit.She opened up about her experience as being labelled an "overbearing mother" after she was captured in the crowd at Wimbledon in 2005 clapping, smiling, punching the air and baring her teeth, as 18-year-old Andy unexpectedly made the third round and ended up playing on the Centre Court.But she pointed out that if she had been a father there to support her kids, the reaction would have been very different."If I’d been a dad doing the same thing, it would have been seen as so supportive," she said in a new interview."Whereas I was a nightmare pushy parent, blah blah blah."I put up with it for years until I was forgiven when Andy won Wimbledon."She added: "I dealt with it by understanding that the people who know me are the ones who matter, but it still hurts you."These are the sort of untold lows that have helped define her career as a tennis coach, and she now wants to help others learn to how to cope when they come up against these sorts of issues."We need to keep having voices heard, faces seen and ensuring that those who are good enough are given the chance," she told Radio Times."Will we still be having these conversations in five or ten years?

I hope not."But the wheels of change turn slowly."Speaking on Sky TV's 10-part series Driving Force in 2020, Judy explained how as a parent she needed to be very much apart of her two children's road to fame."If you’re going to take a young athlete on a journey that may lead them to superstardom, you need to prepare them for everything that will be part of that journey," she said earnestly."And not just them, their immediate family as well, because it affects.