Andy Murray might still be able to retire on his terms, though he suffered a strange injury at the Miami Open last month. The former world number one made an argument that after playing on a clay court, he might make his farewell appearance at the French Open. Murray had previously stated that he intended to retire this summer, but his plans were called into question when he suffered an ankle ligament tear.
The three-time Grand Slam winner withdrew from the clay-court competitions in Madrid, Munich, and Monte Carlo and hasn’t played a match since. A few weeks ago, he stopped wearing his ankle boot and was able to avoid surgery. Furthermore, Murray has hinted that he might return to action sooner than anticipated.
Murray has been training again, and his coach, Jonny O’Mara, posted a video of him hitting on a clay court on Saturday. He may make a comeback to play within the next month, with the Italian Open and the French Open being the final two major clay-court events.
Asked whether he’d return to Roland Garros, the 36-year-old said: “Probably, yeah. In the last few years, I’ve tried to give myself maybe better preparation for the grass season, but that also doesn’t guarantee that you’re going to play well on the grass. I’ve had experiences throughout my career where I didn’t play the French Open in 2013 and I won Wimbledon. I also played in the French Open and did well in 2016. I don’t think it makes a huge difference if you get an extra week’s practice or so on the grass. So yeah, I would like to play one more time.”
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Andy Murray in 2024
LWLLLLWLWW Now ranked no.57, Andy played his last match on the 24th of March when he lost to world no.50 Tomas Machac 5-7 7-5 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Miami (draw).
This season Andy has a compiled 5-8 match record.
He is also scheduled to play in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) on the 8th of May and French Open (French Open) on the 26th of May.
