Murray dropped out of the Wimbledon singles draw and will only play doubles

Not having fully recovered from the back injury he suffered two weeks ago, the Briton decided to compete only in doubles with his brother Jamie.

This Tuesday was confirmed Andy Murray will not play in the singles tournament at Wimbledon after not recovering in time from his back injury which he suffered at Queen’s two weeks ago. The British will participate in the modality of doubling alongside his brother Jamie.

“Unfortunately, despite all the work he has put into his recovery, Andy has made the difficult decision not to play in the individual tournament”Murray’s team said in a statement. The Briton trained these days on the Wimbledon courts to try to arrive in time for the tournament, but at the last minute he decided to drop out. He has a scheduled match against Tomas Macchac at Wimbledon headquarters this Tuesday.

“As you can imagine, he is very disappointed, but he has confirmed that he will play in the doubles tournament with Jamie and hopes to be able to compete at Wimbledon last time.”they added. Murray had surgery ten days ago for a cyst in his back, after being injured in his second match at Queen’s.

Although there is little left, The Scot has not yet set a specific date for his retirementbut he said months ago that he doesn’t plan to play beyond this European summer and that The ideal is to say goodbye to Wimbledon or the Olympic Games.

Andy Murray will play singles and doubles at the Olympic Games

Despite his defeat from singles at the English Grand Slam, Murray is expected to play doubles with compatriot Dan Evans at the 2024 Paris Olympics.. The pair were confirmed on Monday as one of Great Britain’s representatives in the Olympic event, along with Joe Salisbury and Neil Skupski and Katie Boulter and Heather Watson.

Murray will also play in the individual draw in what could be the last tournament of his sporting career and one of the most special.because of the Games it is the only person to win two individual gold medalsin addition to also getting a silver in mixed doubles with Laura Robson at London 2012. The Briton won the gold medal in London against Roger Federer and in Rio de Janeiro four years later against Juan Martín del Potro.