The pair, who are both 22, announced they were breaking up on Sunday, after Sears failed to show up at the O2 Arena to watch Murray playing in the ATP Tour Finals.
Murray’s agent said at the time that the split had been “amicable” and “mutually agreed”.
However, sources close to Sears said one of the causes was the world number four’s long hours playing video tennis and PlayStation 3 games such as the best selling Call of Duty sequel.
Brad Gilbert, Murray’s former coach, has said in the past that Murray spends “seven hours a day” playing video games.
The source told The Sun: “He would spend all his time glued to them. In the end she just got fed up with it. She wanted more out of the relationship.”
However, the player’s agent told the paper that Murray “doesn’t play computer games any more than any other 22 year-old”.
The pair relationship lasted for nearly four years. Murray met Sears, the daughter of British Fed Cup captain Nigel Sears, through his former coach Mark Petchey.
According to reports, Sears has left Murray’s mansion in Oxted, Surrey and moved back in with her parents in Barcombe, West Sussex.
She is studying for a degree in English Literature at the University of Sussex and is pursuing a career in publishing.
The above is the article from the Telegraph UK website, when I read it I couldn't believe it... but then I thought about my own experience after purchasing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for my Playstation 3.
The minute I brought it home from my local Gamestop I knew there was something special about this game.
It was about 7:30 in the evening when I brought it home to play, I immediately dashed up the stairs and commandeered the big screen television that occupies our game room at home. Before I knew it, I looked at the clock and it read 2:30 am. I didn’t even get to go to the gym…
Seven hours had passed in what had seemed like the blink of an eye, I had a bio test the next morning at 9:30 I needed to finish studying for, usually I study from about 10-1 everyday after coming home from the gym. Never has my PS3 been on this long since I had completed Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (another great game)
Since finals are around the corner I’ve put my PS3 in the attic to refrain from playing anymore.
But did Sears go too far? I mean Andy is only 22, he’d be just like any other normal college-age kid, except he’s one of the top tennis players in the world.
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