Tim Henman makes Andy Murray retirement plea as Brit gears up for US Open

Tim Henman has pleaded with Andy Murray to “keep going” for so long as he desires because the blockbuster British star prepares to have one other crack on the US Open. Murray, who had two hip surgical procedures to avoid wasting his profession, turned 36 in May however nonetheless seems hungry to play within the largest tournaments after reaching the second spherical of this 12 months’s Wimbledon.

“He’s still out there competing and playing because he loves it,” Henman mentioned. “Being a professional athlete in my opinion is the best job in the world. And he should, and has earnt the right to, do it as long as he wants.

“As long as he’s enjoying that process and that challenge, why wouldn’t he? So my message would be keep going as long as you want, as long as you’re enjoying it.”

Murray had arthroscopic hip surgical procedure in the beginning of 2018 however was compelled to go below the knife for a second time a 12 months later for a hip resurfacing process. He missed eight Grand Slams between the tip of 2017 and the beginning of 2020 and dropped to No 839 on the earth rankings.

But he’s now a daily on the Majors as soon as once more and has risen to world No 37. And Henman has tipped the veteran to take his recreation to the following stage if he can overcome an stomach downside that noticed him withdraw from this month’s Cincinnati Masters.

“For me when I dive a little bit deeper into his game, I still don’t think he’s playing particularly well,” the 48-year-old added. “And if I had had to predict the way that his recovery and comeback from hip surgery would have been, I would have got it totally wrong. Because I would have said that his tennis will always be there and he will always play great but his movement would have been so restricted that he wouldn’t have been able to compete.

“He’s got a little bit of an ab issue and could that be connected to his hip? I don’t know – but the way he’s been moving and been able to play without interruption from hip issues has been great. I think at Wimbledon his tennis was really starting to move in the right direction.

“If he starts playing well, there’s no reason why he can’t be knocking on the door of the top 20 and who knows where that could take him.”

The US Open returns solely to Sky Sports and NOW with entry to all court docket feeds from August 28.