"It seems to me like he really enjoys it and loves the competition": Robson doesn't see reason for Murray to stop playing

Former British number one Laura Robson has backed the former world number one Andy Murray to continue playing the sport.

The 36-year-old has struggled with fitness concerns but has not followed the path of other greats like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal who decided to call it a day because of health issues.

Murray announced his retirement back in 2016 because of a hip injury but made a remarkable comeback and is still playing the sport at the highest level.

Robson, while speaking to Eurosport, stated that there is ‘no reason’ for the two-time Wimbledon champion to retire from the sport.

“It just seems to me like he really enjoys it and loves the competition,” she said. “He loves playing, and that's enough for some people to keep going. And he's won everything there is to win, almost. And he really is playing just because he wants to be out there.

“I hate this feeling of trying to retire people before they're ready. We've seen it so often with Serena [Williams] and Venus [Williams] and other champions just let them play for as long as they want to.

She went on to stay: “He's clearly doing well enough to just be outside of the top 32 seeds without a huge amount of tennis under his belt when you look at how almost little he played over the last year. So really the last few months is the only time that he's been healthy enough to get some consistent tennis in. I feel like he's right up there still, so there’s no reason to stop anytime soon.”