By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday August 10, 2023
A devastated Andy Murray took the courtroom on Thursday to announce that… he wouldn’t be taking the courtroom. The three-time Nationwide Financial institution Open champion picked up an belly concern earlier this week and needed to pull out of the draw, sending Italy’s Jannik Sinner by means of to the quarterfinals.
“I’ve hardly ever been on this scenario in my profession and I really feel I really feel horrible,” Murray stated, including: “This could be my final time taking part in right here as effectively. So to complete like this feels feels garbage.”
Murray handled an identical concern final 12 months and stated that he wanted about 10 to 12 days to really feel proper once more. The US Open begins in 18 days, on Monday August 28.
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At this level it isn’t identified if Murray will try and play subsequent week in Cincinnati.
“I had a really comparable concern final 12 months within the match in Stuttgart earlier than Wimbledon which compelled me to overlook the Queen’s membership match,” Murray stated. “And I used to be capable of play Wimbledon. It took me about 10 to 12 days earlier than I used to be feeling good. This isn’t as unhealthy as that however clearly the hazard when you compete and play on it’s you make it worse. So yeah, I have to see the way it develops over the approaching days. And hopefully really feel higher in just a few days.”
