Andy Murray said he is hopeful of playing at Wimbledon and confirmed that if he is fit to play there and at the Olympics, then he is likely to retire.
Tom Hamilton reports on Andy Murray's announcement of his retirement plans, which could be impacted by his current injury. said he is still hopeful of playing at Wimbledon just days after having spinal surgery and confirmed that if he is fit to play there and at the Paris Olympics, then he is likely to retire from tennis.on June 22 -- surgery that usually comes with a six-week recovery period.
Doubles presents an alternative option for Murray if he is unable to play singles, as it starts later in the Wimbledon schedule. "I'm going to wait until the last minute to see if I'm going to be able to and I've earned that right to do that. This is not clear-cut where I am 100% going to be ready to play or there is a 0% chance that I can play. That is the situation. I would say it's probably more likely that I'm not able to play singles right now. I'm also doing rehab 24/7 to try to give myself that opportunity to play there again.
"I can't say for sure that if I wasn't able to play at Wimbledon, and I didn't recover in time to play at the Olympics that I wouldn't consider trying to play another tournament somewhere. But if I'm able to play at Wimbledon and if I'm able to play at the Olympics, that's most likely going to be it, yeah."
"Obviously I couldn't risk that or allow that to happen because I was struggling to walk properly because my nerves were getting really compressed.
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