Many of the fans at Wimbledon was looking forward to tonight’s action between Andy Murray and Tomas Machac in the first round. However, not entirely surprising, the two-time champion is being forced to retire due to his recent spinal cyst surgery made on June 22nd.
This confirms that tennis legend Murray, has indeed played his last singles match at the Wimbledon championships.
A statement from Murray’s team confirmed: “Unfortunately, despite working incredibly hard on his recovery since his operation just over a week ago, Andy has taken the very difficult decision not to play the singles this year.”
“As you can imagine, he is extremely disappointed but has confirmed that he will be playing in the doubles with Jamie and looks forward to competing at Wimbledon for the last time.”
Andy Murray has been dealing with several injuries in the last few years, not at least going through two surgeries for a bad hip.
Last month he has to retire at the Queen’s Club ATP 500 event and already then many feared he won’t be able to be fit for Wimbledon. He just recently confirmed he would make a last minute decision on the Wimbledon singles so it was quite expected in the end.
Still in for the Doubles event
For now, Andy is still in the draw for the doubles to play together with his brother Jamie.
The brothers, who have never played together at the Championships, are planned to begin their campaign later this week, with the 1st round of the men’s doubles scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
Andy Murray will surely be missed at the Wimbledon. In his career he claimed 3 major championships: The US Open in 2012 and Wimbledon back in 2013 (where he became the first British man to win the Wimbledon singles in 77 years) and 2016. The Brit is also the only player with two consecutive tennis gold medals in Olympic singles.
“We are so looking forward to seeing you compete in the doubles and celebrating all the memories you have given us,” was a recent statement from the organisers at the Championships.
Murray claimed he wants to retire after the Paris Olympics, which is being played in July/Aug this summer.
The replacement for Andy Murray is lucky loser David Goffin from Belgium. Read here about Murray´s new racquet from earlier this year.
