“It’s extremely difficult” Andy Murray drops major retirement hint after earliest Wimbledon exit
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Former World No. 1 Andy Murray had to make his earliest Wimbledon exit after John Isner steamrolled past him in the second round of the ongoing 2022 Wimbledon Championships. Isner won the match 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-7(7), 6-4 in 3 hours and 23 minutes to end the Brit’s hopes of winning a third Wimbledon title and his fourth career Grand Slam title.
Murray did not have answers to Isner well into the second set. While he did manage to force a tiebreaker and then win the third set, it was all he could do as Isner closed out the match in the 4th set in a brilliant performance on the Center Court as he hit 36 aces on the night and did not allow Murray to break him even once.
“Is it worth it”: Andy Murray questions himself
With Murray having a metal hip that restricts his movement, he suffered an injury scare in the finals of the 2022 Stuttgart Open losing to Matteo Berrettini. The injury saw Murray miss the final week of preparation on the Tour coming into Wimbledon. With his physical condition stopping him from playing on Clay as well, Murray was visibly disappointed during his press conference and dropped a massive retirement hint.
“I was really frustrated and questioning, like, whether all of the work that I was doing was worth it because my body was still not in a position to feel like I could be competitive against the best players. Whereas this year my game was certainly in a better place. Physically I felt good, barring the sort of 10 days post-Stuttgart, which was frustrating. Yeah, it’s one of those matches that, had I got through, who knows what would have happened. Yeah, it’s frustrating for different reasons.
“It depends on how I am physically. Physically [if] I feel good, then we’ll try to keep playing. But it’s extremely difficult with the problems I’ve had with my body in the last few years to make long-term predictions about how I’m going to be even in a few weeks’ time, never mind in a year’s time. If physically I’m in a good place, yeah, I will continue to play. But it’s not easy to keep my body in optimal condition to compete at the highest level,” said Murray in the press conference.
Murray is now confirmed to be part of Team Europe for the 2022 Laver Cup that will be played in the O2 Arena in London. Going ahead into the season, the Brit is yet to confirm his events as he eyes a final chance at Grand Slam glory for the season at the 2022 US Open which could well be his final major if he chooses to retire.
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