Murray's retirement leaves a vacuum in British tennis and the global game.

But, with his love for the sport remaining undiminished, it is hard not see him reappearing in the coming years.

When he will re-emerge, he does not know. What role he will be doing is also unclear.

Coaching has been regularly mentioned by those who have worked with him, with Murray known as someone always willing to offer advice and mentorship.

Last month, he mentioned young Britons Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper as players he would like to coach.

"It's not something I want to do immediately; it might be something I want to do in the future," Murray told BBC Sport.

"I went along to watch one of the young Scottish kids in pre-qualifying at Wimbledon and I really enjoyed that.

"That's something I could see myself doing. But I don't want to travel just now.

"So that would be something for further down the line."

One thing he has already ruled out is moving into the media, as Hoy and countless other sporting superstars have done.

Murray sat in the BBC television booth at Wimbledon in 2018, spending almost five hours calling a quarter-final epic between Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro.

"I really didn't enjoy it the couple of times I did it, so I don't see myself doing that," he told journalists on Thursday evening.

"And I wasn't particularly good at English at school so I don't think writing would be my thing. So you can keep your job!"

Murray will use his downtime to think about what he wants to do in the longer term.

Offers will flood in no doubt and, to echo the view of Evans, you would back Murray to "be good" whatever he turns his hand to.