Andy Murray has withdrawn from his first-round match at Wimbledon against Tomas Machac, meaning he has likely played his final singles match at the championships.
for the doubles, where he will play alongside brother Jamie but, having had a procedure on a spinal cyst on June 22, Murray has not recovered in time to play singles. He said he would make a decision on his fitness, and with him set to start his Wimbledon campaign on Tuesday against world No. 38 Machac, he has withdrawn from the tournament.
The three-time Grand Slam-winner had scans after this year's French Open which showed up the cyst. At the time it was not a huge concern, but by the time Queen's began, the cyst had grown. That saw him lose coordination and experience shooting pains in his back and right leg during his second-round match with
He will get his wish, but only in the doubles competition, with the recovery not quite quick enough for his liking. After Wimbledon, Murray will turn attention to Paris 2024 where he is in the mix for both singles and doubles. He heads there as a two-time gold medal-winner, having won at London 2012 and Rio 2016. If he makes the Olympics then he plans to retire from the sport.
"I'm not planning on going over to New York . But then I also don't want the last time that I played on a tennis court to be what happened at Queen's either. Again, I know that there's more important things in the world than how I finish playing my last tennis match or where I finished playing my last tennis match.
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