The Scottish tennis player, who abandoned the first set against Australian Jordan Thompson, explained that he first needs to see a specialist and undergo a test before Wimbledon.
The British tennis player Andy Murray has retired from Queen’sa tournament he won five times in his career, due to a back injury in the fifth game of his match against the Australian Jordan Thompsonwho will face the American Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals.
Murray felt pain in the first match point, when He was stuck in the grass and could not react.. Since, his mobility is greatly reduced and he could hardly stand the exchanges, managed to win a game thanks to his determination and the support of a public that at first stopped seeing the Scot’s problem and then supported him in his last minutes in London.
After being treated for more than 10 minutes by a physiotherapist on the track, Murray tried to continue competing, but after being down 5-1, he decided leave. An action generated a great applause from the public, the biggest of the week.
Murray has not set a specific date for his professional retirement.but he assured that he does not plan to play beyond the European summer and that a goodbye Wimbledonwhere he won in 2013 and 2016or the Olympic Gamesin which he took two individual gold medals, will be “perfect“.
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Andy Murray’s regrets after leaving Queen’s: “I wish I’d never walked out on the track”
Andy Murray confirmed “Hopefully” I never left the court because of the back injury who suffered this Wednesday in the second round of to Queen.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, decided to retire after five games in his match against the Australian Jordan Thompson through a problem that worsened before the game.
“I felt pain in my right leg. I have no coordination. I can not move. If I felt that before the game, I wouldn’t have played. “I’d rather not go out on the track, but I don’t know.”expressed Murray at a press conference.
And let me add: “Yesterday I was happy with the victory, but My back has been a problem for a while. I’ve been feeling sick for the past few days, at the game yesterday, today. I can play with it, but In the warm-up I was not comfortableI went up the stairs to the club before the game and I don’t have normal strength in my right leg.. In the first two balls I hit in the warm-up my right leg doesn’t work“.
About his participation in Wimbledon, Murray He doesn’t want to risk anything and He said he first needs to see a specialist and undergo tests.
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