Andy Murray announces lucrative career change before Wimbledon alongside Jack Draper role

Andy Murray has announced another major career change after his retirement from tennis, days before the main draw at Wimbledon gets underway.

Since calling time on his professional tennis career in 2024, the three-time Grand Slam winner has moved into coaching with Novak Djokovic and Jack Draper.

Draper has suffered from a host of injury issues over the past 12 months and has recently returned from a two-month absence due to knee tendonitis, but has enlisted the support of two-time champion Murray as he prepares for Wimbledon.

The former world number four, who is now ranked 160th, won his comeback match at ATP Eastbourne on Wednesday by defeating fellow Brit Jack Pinnington Jones 7-5, 6-4.

Injury permitting, Draper will take part in what will be his first Grand Slam tournament of the year at SW19.

Murray will be in the 24-year-old's corner during Wimbledon, having taken on a part-time role which, according to reports, is set to consume around 10 weeks of his yearly schedule should he stay on long-term.

That has allowed him to explore other avenues - and he is now stepping into the world of online content creation alongside his brother, Jamie.

Jamie, a seven-time major doubles champion, retired from professional tennis earlier this year.

Murray announces new career venture

The brothers will now launch a new YouTube channel titled 'The Set', which will have access to various tennis match archives and certain players during major tournaments.

Their content is also set to be featured on BBC Sport.

The Hollywood Reporter states that the channel will be produced by Prodigy Studios, who are involved in Gary Neville's channel The Overlap.

It is said that the long-term aim is to expand the channel 'into live events, podcasts and sponsor-led opportunities'.

Prodigy Studios are also involved with The Switch, a cricket YouTube channel hosted by England icon Kevin Pietersen, and Andy Murray cited Pietersen and golfer Bryson DeChambeau as two of his main inspirations for moving into content creation.

"I am a big fan of the YouTube content that sports stars like Bryson DeChambeau and Kevin Pietersen are creating and have thought for a long time that there is space in tennis for something similar," he said.

"I love tennis and I've always tried to have fun whilst playing and so I'm excited to share that side of the sport with tennis fans.

"I've also always been really interested in the stats and the data behind sport, the expert insights and the small percentages that can make a difference, so we'll delving into that as well as the light-hearted stuff."

The first video was uploaded to the channel on Thursday morning, previewing KSI as the first guest who will feature as well as a cinema-style setting in which the Murray brothers watch back some of their old matches.

There are set to be a series of upcoming challenge videos, with one of them giving fans the opportunity to win tickets to Wimbledon.