Andy Murray will depart a choice on his participation at Wimbledon “as late as doable” as he goals to offer himself “the perfect probability” of constructing what may very well be his final look on the occasion.
Murray, Wimbledon champion in 2013 and 2016, had surgical procedure on a spinal cyst on Saturday after retiring at Queen’s earlier this month throughout his second-round match towards Jordan Thompson following numbness in his proper leg, with the Scot later saying he wished he had not gone on court docket.
With Wimbledon starting on Monday, Murray’s group launched a press release revealing the 37-year-old had resumed coaching and that he’s “working in direction of” taking part, though Murray stated in an interview with The Instances that “it is most likely extra possible that I am not in a position to play singles proper now.”
Murray – who has indicated he’ll quickly retire from tennis, with this summer season’s Olympics in Paris a “becoming” endpoint – might nonetheless play in doubles with brother Jamie.
The assertion from Murray’s group learn: “Andy is recovering nicely from his surgical procedure and has began coaching once more.
“At this stage it’s too quickly to substantiate for particular whether or not he’ll play Wimbledon, however he’s working in direction of that and a last choice shall be made as late as doable to offer him the perfect probability of competing.”
‘I do not need Queen’s to be my final time on a tennis court docket’
Talking to The Instances, Murray stated: “Perhaps it is my ego getting in the way in which, however I really feel that I deserve the chance to offer it till the final second to make that call.
“If I used to be to be enjoying on Monday, I’ll know on Sunday there isn’t any probability that I can play. It is sophisticated and it is made extra sophisticated as a result of I wish to play at Wimbledon another time.
“I do not need the final time that I play on a tennis court docket to be what occurred at Queen’s. I do know there’s extra necessary issues on the earth than how I end enjoying my final tennis match.
“However due to what I put into the game over the past nevertheless a few years, I’d at the very least wish to exit enjoying a correct match the place I am at the very least aggressive.”
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Emma Raducanu pertains to Murray’s damage struggles and hopes that he shall be match to play at Wimbledon
“I used to be made conscious that if I made a decision to attempt to play Wimbledon that there is some threat related to that and it is whether or not or not I am prepared to tackle that threat. The operation has gone actually, very well and I am recovering very well.
“I am not in a lot ache in any respect, however the nature of nerve accidents is that they are fairly gradual to get well.
“I do not know precisely how lengthy it is gonna take for the nerve to get to a stage the place I will compete or play, whether or not that is three days or whether or not it is three weeks or 5 weeks. It is not possible to say.”
Murray might play on if he’s not match for Wimbledon or Olympics
Murray, who gained Olympic gold at Wimbledon in 2012 and in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, was named in Nice Britain’s squad for the 2024 Video games.
He’s hoping to play singles in addition to within the males’s doubles with Dan Evans at Roland Garros from Saturday July 27.
“I am unable to say for positive that if I wasn’t in a position to play at Wimbledon and I did not get well in time to play on the Olympics that I would not contemplate attempting to play one other match someplace.
“But when I will play at Wimbledon and if I will play on the Olympics, that is probably going to be it.”
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