Andy Murray will therefore not play singles again at Wimbledon. After giving himself as much time as possible to recover and reflect, the former world number 1 finally had to resign himself: he cannot play one last time in singles in his favorite tournament. Operated on last weekend to treat a cyst in the spine, Murray was to beginin theory, this Tuesday against Tomas Machac. The organizers wanted to give him as much time as possible by scheduling him in the last rotation on the Center Court, not before 6 p.m. Not enough. Note that it is David Goffin qwho takes advantage of this package to join the table at the last minute.
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“Andy is extremely disappointed, but he has confirmed that he will play doubles with Jamie”
“Unfortunately, despite working incredibly hard on his recovery since his operation just over a week ago, Andy has made the very difficult decision not to play the singles this year.”Murray’s team said in a statement. “As you can imagine he is extremely disappointed but he has confirmed that he will be playing doubles with Jamie and is looking forward to competing at Wimbledon for the last time.” The former double winner of the singles tournament will at least be able to say goodbye in doubles with his brother.
Goffin will play his 10th Wimbledon
This package ofAndy Murray makes a “happy”, David GoffinThe Liège player, who is certainly not happy about the Scot’s injury, will at least have the opportunity to play his 10th Wimbledon. As a reminder, the Belgian had been beaten in the last round of qualifying and had been waiting since Thursday. It took five forfeits to allow Goffin to enter the picture and challenge Tomas Machac this Tuesday evening.
