Andy Murray 'hoping' to return from hip surgery for grass season
Tennis | June 05, 2018 19:08 ISTMurray says his recovery has "been very slow" and is taking "a lot longer than I think me or any of my team kind of expected at the beginning."
Murray says his recovery has "been very slow" and is taking "a lot longer than I think me or any of my team kind of expected at the beginning."
As usual, all eyes are on Serena Williams, no matter what — whether she's attending the most talked-about wedding of the year or practicing at Roland Garros.
The former No. 1-ranked Murray, a three-time major winner, has not played a competitive match since a quarterfinal exit at Wimbledon last July.
Serena's withdrawal comes less than 24 hours after fellow former world No.1 Andy Murray withdrew from the men's event with a chronic hip injury.
The five-time finalist withdrew from the Australian Open on Thursday, two days after pulling out of a tuneup event in Brisbane before his first match.
Murray was seeded No. 2 in Brisbane, where he'd been expecting to play his first competitive match since a quarterfinal loss at Wimbledon.
Murray, who has been struggling to find full fitness following a right hip problem, was initially only in Abu Dhabi to practice before next month's Australian Open.
Lendl helped Murray win the 2012 U.S. Open and the gold medal at the London Olympics.
Murray hasn't played on the pro circuit since the Wimbledon quarterfinals, where he limped out with a hip injury.
Andy Murray, who yielded the No.1 ranking to Rafael Nadal this week, has not played a match since July 12 at Wimbledon.
Murray, who was out of action because of a hip injury, drops to second spot with 7,150 points.
Pliskova, the 2016 runner-up at Flushing Meadows, is joined by four past U.S. Open champions - Angelique Kerber, Venus Williams, Sam Stosur and Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Roger Federer expressed his concern with the mindset of the younger generation, who still have not been able to knock off the 30-plus elite from the top of the ranks.
Guardian hailed Andy as ‘The Feminist Tennis Needs’ after he slammed Wimbledon Officials for giving privilege to men’s matches on centre court.
"I knew I wasn't going to do any major damage by playing. We were looking at short-term solutions because you want to play Wimbledon. You want to play all of the Slams and give your best effort there," said Andy Murray after his defeat to Sam Querrey
Djokovic has failed to add another major title to his account, bowing out of the Australian Open in the second round before making the French Open exit in the quarter-finals.
American Sam Querrey thumped a limping Andy Murray from the Wimbledon quarterfinals by 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-1, while, former world number one Novak Djokovic withdraws due to a right arm injury against Tomas Berdych.
Roger Federer advanced to the quarterfinals for the 15th time by beating Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
Wimbledon 2017: Roger Federer has reached the fourth round at Wimbledon for the 15th time. Another title next weekend will give him a record eighth at the All England Club.
World No.1 Andy Murray and French Open champion Rafael Nadal registered contrasting victories in their third round matches against Fabio Fognini and Karen Khachanov respectively at All England Club on Friday.
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