Andy Murray pulls out of Toronto moments earlier than match sparking US Open doubt

Andy Murray pulled out of his Canadian Open match on the eleventh hour on Thursday night time. The Brit was because of tackle seventh seed Jannik Sinner within the round-of-16 however as a substitute took to the court docket to tell followers that he wouldn’t be taking part in. Murray revealed that he had an stomach pressure, one thing that may come as a priority forward of the US Open.

Murray had made a profitable return to Toronto, competing within the metropolis for the primary time since 2014. He defeated Lorenzo Sonego and Max Purcell to succeed in the last-16 of a Masters occasion – simply his third since 2017.

The world No 40 was rewarded with an opportunity to face Sinner and the pair have been set to do battle final on the event’s Centre Court on Thursday night time. But Murray pulled out of the match because it was because of start and got here out to apologise to the followers whereas the world No 8 received a walkover into the quarter-final.

“The issue is my abdominal,” Murray informed the Canadian Open followers. “So unfortunately I’m not going to be able to play this evening. I’m really sorry. I know I feel like I’ve let you down. I’ve rarely been in this situation in my career and I feel terrible.”

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