Indian Wells 2024: Defending champion Elena Rybakina withdraws, Andy Murray out
Tennis | March 09, 2024 23:56 ISTIndian Wells 2024: Andy Murray OUT, defending champion Elena Rybakina withdraws Andrey Rublev
Indian Wells 2024: Andy Murray OUT, defending champion Elena Rybakina withdraws Andrey Rublev
"I'm not going to talk more about that between now and whenever the time comes for me to stop. But yeah, I don't plan on playing much past this summer," Andy Murray said after his exit from the Dubai Tennis Championships Round of 16 on Wednesday.
Andy Murray is a three-time Major Grand Slam winner and a five-time Australian Open finalist. Murray made an exit in the third round of the Australian Open last year but he looked out of touch in the ongoing Grand Slam.
Defending Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic will kick off his bid for the record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title with a first-round clash against qualifier Dino Prizmic at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on Sunday, January 14.
Ten-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic takes the top seed for men's singles at the 2024 edition while the current world no.1 and four-time Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek tops the seedings chart in the women's singles event.
The 22-time Grand Slam winner lost his doubles match at Brisbane International 2024 to Australians Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson at the Pat Rafter Arena on Sunday and faces former rival Dominic Thiem in the Round of 32 singles match on Tuesday.
"You never know how things will turn out but my intention is that next year will be my last year," Rafael Nadal said in his return post. Nadal last played a competitive tennis tournament during the Australian Open 2023 and missed the remainder season due to a hip flexor injury.
Former US Open champion Andy Murray crashed out of the ongoing season after losing to Grigor Dimitrov.
Top seed in the men's singles circuit of the ongoing US Open, Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the second round after his opponent decided to retire midway.
Andy Murray wins his first ATP Challenger title since 2005 and his first title on clay since 2016.
Murray needed multiple operations on his hip and now has an artificial joint. He also recently dealt with an abdominal issue that hampered his preparations last week.
The world number one Novak Djokovic and former champion Andy Murray reached the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships in contrasting styles.
Playing in Doha, the 34-year-old produced a strong first-round performance to brush past Daniel 6-2, 6-2.
The former No 1-ranked Murray, playing thanks to a wild-card invitation as he continues his career comeback from hip operations and thoughts of retirement, beat 21st-seeded Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the second round at Melbourne Park.
The 34-year-old British star defeated Norway's World No. 345 Viktor Durasovic 6-3, 6-1 in the opening round.
The three-time Grand Slam champion said he's “really excited” to return to the Australian Open.
The Scot looked set to pay the price for failing to convert a series of break point chances before he found his range to dispatch the world number 26 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Murray did not appreciate that Tsitsipas took a medical timeout after the third set and made a lengthy visit to the locker room after the fourth.
Murray goes down in fight set to a much younger Tsitsipas in a hard fought battle 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 3-6, 4-6.
The last time Tsitsipas squared off against a Grand Slam champion at a major, he came up agonisingly short, having led Serbia's Novak Djokovic
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