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    Could Andy Murray miss Wimbledon and the Olympics? – Recovery timeline has been reported

    By Ewan West,

    2024-06-23
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    Andy Murray looks on during a press conference

    A report has claimed Andy Murray will miss the 2024 Wimbledon Championships after undergoing surgery on a spinal cyst.

    The three-time Grand Slam champion reportedly had the operation on Saturday after he retired from his second round match at the Queen’s Club Championships on Wednesday.

    Murray pulled out of his clash with Jordan Thompson at the ATP 500 tournament after five games, having looked significantly hampered since entering the court.

    The injury blow and subsequent surgery cast doubt over the former world No 1’s hopes of competing at Wimbledon and these fears have now been realised.

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    According to The Telegraph , Murray will not play at the All England Club and is facing a recovery period of six weeks, which also leaves his chances of playing at the Paris Olympics in serious jeopardy. The tennis event at the 2024 Games will begin in just over a month on July 27.

    The 37-year-old Brit had previously divulged that he was unlikely to play beyond this summer and identified playing at both Wimbledon and the Olympics as his priorities.

    Murray had not definitively confirmed he would retire this year, though, and it is unclear how this news will affect his plans regarding his retirement.

    Following his retirement against Thompson at Queen’s Club, Murray shed light on how significantly the injury had been impacting him.

    “I have been struggling with my back for a while,” he said in his press conference. “Then, yeah, I had loss of power in my right leg. So loss of motor control, had no coordination. Yeah, couldn’t move.

    “Yeah, my back’s been a problem for quite a while and it’s been sore in the build-up to the tournament. It was pretty sore in my match yesterday.

    “Yeah, it was sore though today. But I was able to manage it. I wasn’t comfortable playing, but I was able to manage it.

    “During my pre-match warmup, I was pretty uncomfortable, and then I walked up the stairs to go to, just before going on the court, I didn’t have, like, the usual just normal strength in my right leg. It was not a usual feeling.

    “The first two balls I hit in the warmup, it was complete, like, so uncoordinated. I had no coordination. Then yeah, I wasn’t able to, yeah right leg just was not working properly.”

    Murray added: “In hindsight I wish I hadn’t gone on there because it was pretty awkward for everyone.

    “There is nothing I could do, and then there is part of you that wants to go out there and see if it gets better, you know, and maybe feel better with a bit of treatment or something, but that wasn’t the case.”

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