Tennis followers break up on Andy Murray after Wimbledon as Carlos Alcaraz copies Brit
Express Sport readers are divided on whether or not Andy Murray ought to retire or not. The outcomes of our newest ballot revealed that 51.3% (6519 votes) imagine he ought to stroll away from the game for good whereas 49.7% (6173 votes) wish to see him proceed.
Ten years to the day that he defeated Novak Djokovic to raise his first Wimbledon title, Murray was knocked out of this 12 months’s event within the second spherical by No 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. Meanwhile, 20-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz went on to change into the second man to defeat Djokovic in a Wimbledon closing after the Brit.
As a brand new crop of expertise come by means of the passing of the baton is inevitable. Roger Federer retired final 12 months whereas Rafael Nadal is predicted to play another season earlier than bowing out.
Given Murray’s struggles up to now few years many imagine he would be the subsequent huge title to make an exit. Although Murray admits that another damage may spell an finish to his profession he has no plans to retire anytime quickly. “I’m not planning on stopping after I’ve won the tournament here,” he mentioned forward of the grass-court Grand Slam.
“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. 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.”
However, Murray claims having an finish date in thoughts has helped him proceed to make sacrifices for his profession as he won’t be taking part in ceaselessly. “Yeah, it’s a bit of that,” Murray added.
“I started to think about it actually during the Australian Open this year, like after the matches I was having, it was like, this maybe isn’t that good for me, like, long-term to be playing those sorts of matches.
“Yeah, I could keep doing that probably, I don’t know, until the hip finishes. I don’t really want to do that. I want to finish on my terms when I’m fit and healthy and still competing at a good level. I would like to finish in that way rather than it being, like, an injury.
“I know you can’t control that entirely. But, yeah, I do feel like I’ve still got a period of time left where I’m going to be able to, yeah, dedicate the physical work and the training on the court to allow me to still perform at the highest level. But, yeah, that can’t go on forever, unfortunately.”