Andy Murray adds to Bjorkman burden while Mauresmo prepares for birth

Jonas Bjorkman, will take up bigger coaching role for Andy Murray now he has finished competing on Let’s Dance, Sweden’s version of Strictly. Photograph: Uffe Ringblom/Demotix/Corbis Andy Murray dropped a heavy hint on Sunday that he is preparing for life on Tour without his coach, Amélie Mauresmo, who is due to give birth to her first child in August. The Scot was as delighted as anyone to hear the news but, ever the pragmatist, he said Jonas Bjorkman will take on a bigger role this summer.

Speaking for the first time since Mauresmo’s surprise announcement – and since his own wedding to his long-time girlfriend Kim Sears – Murray said Bjorkman will play a far more prominent role than…