Murray has already made retirement plans clear after new pre-US Open damage blow

Andy Murray picked up a contemporary damage lower than three weeks earlier than the US Open as he was forced to pull out of the Canadian Open. The world No 40 took to the court docket moments earlier than he was attributable to face Jannik Sinner and introduced that he had an belly pressure. Murray has already beforehand admitted that another massive damage might see him retire.

Murray suffered a brand new setback forward of the US Open after straining his belly muscle. The 36-year-old had reached the last-16 of a Masters occasion for simply the third time since 2017 however needed to pull out of the Canadian Open because of the damage.

The three-time Major champion later stated the problem was just like one he picked up on the grass courts of Stuttgart final 12 months, although stated this setback wasn’t as extreme. And Murray will wish to take additional precautions to ensure it doesn’t get any worse as he already is aware of that he doubtless received’t return from a significant bodily setback.

“If my body is in good shape and I’m still able to compete consistently, I’ll keep playing,” Murray stated in the course of the Battle of the Brits in December. “But I can’t look so far in advance with the age I’m at and with the issues I’ve had. If I was to have a big injury, I probably wouldn’t try to come back from that.”

And forward of Wimbledon final month, the previous world No 1 additionally stated that he did have something of a retirement plan in thoughts however wouldn’t go into particulars. Murray defined: “I have an idea in my head of when I would like to stop.

“That’s not definitive. A lot of that is just I think it is good to do that so you can start planning a little bit. But, yeah, I don’t think I would announce anything, like, way ahead of time because I want to play as long as I can whilst I’m still feeling good physically and competitive.”

But as soon as once more, Murray hinted {that a} main bodily problem might change issues. He added: “I’m aware, based on how my last sort of five, six years have gone, that things can change very quickly, as well. I’m keeping an open mind to that. Yeah, I do have an idea of when I’d like to stop, yeah.”