He dreams of “to feel this excitement one last time and turn the page“. But he won’t be able to experience that in singles this year. While he was due to make his debut on Tuesday against the Czech Tomas Machac, Andy Murray chose to withdraw at the last moment. Having had back surgery ten days ago, the Briton didn’t have enough feeling to line up.”Unfortunately, despite his incredible efforts to recover since his operation just over a week ago, Andy has made the very difficult decision not to play the singles this year.”we can read in a press release.
While David Goffin replaces him in the table, his team does not hide it: Murray “is extremely disappointed“. No surprise. But despite the limitations of his body, the Scot still has an opportunity to complete the loop in front of his supporters at the All England Club, where he won two titles (2013 and 2016). To do this, he plans to line up with his brother Jamie in doubles, while the tournament begins a little later in the week. “He confirmed he would play doubles and was looking forward to competing at Wimbledon for the last time“, the press release further specifies.
Forced to go under the knife to have a “large cyst that compressed (his) nerves“After the Queen’s tournament, Andy Murray had warned that he would only confirm his participation at the very last moment. But before taking his leave, the former world number 1 cannot not return to Wimbledon. And if he will not be able to line up on the Centre Court this Tuesday evening, “Sir Murray” hopes to have a last moment rich in emotion on the lawns of Wimbledon.
