Special guest - @andy_murray! 👋 Andy stopped by to join @adamhillscomedy & those taking part at the first Para-Standing Tennis Day at the National Tennis Centre this weekend 📷
"I've never experienced a period like this as a professional": Andy Murray admits struggles but won't stop playing despite retirement questions
ATPSaturday, 17 February 2024 at 21:30
Andy Murray
rules out retirement despite a tough start in 2024. The former world No. 1
acknowledged that he is not going through a good period, and at 36, rumors of a
possible retirement have circulated. However, the British player hopes to
"turn it around" in the coming months.
The 3-times
Grand Slam champion has already participated in four tournaments in 2024,
losing in the first round of all four. Murray commented on his challenging
moment on the Tour: "Tennis-wise it
hasn't been a great start to the year. I've never experienced a period like
this as a professional. It's been difficult, a new experience for me (which) is
not the nicest, but good to experience new things and try and learn from them,"
The British
tennis player (No. 50) was eliminated by Tomas Machac (No. 62), marking his
fourth consecutive defeat. Despite acknowledging that he is far from shining,
he still believes he can turn things around.
"When
I do get myself out of it and start to feel better, hopefully I'll be stronger
for it, but it's been hard. I've not been playing well and winning as many
matches as I would like, so I'm hoping I can turn it around here."
Andy Murray
was asked whether the challenging moment is due to physical issues or more
mental, and he responded, "It's probably a combination of the two.
Physically I'm not expecting to feel how I did when I was 20, so it's hard when
you get to your mid to late 30s to stay at the level required to beat the best
players."
“I've never
really experienced playing really well in practice and not being able to
translate it to a match court before, it was always the opposite for me,"
said the former world No 1.
"I was
never a great practice player, I didn't use to win practice matches, exhibition
matches, it's been the complete opposite for me recently. I know there's better
tennis in me than I'm showing just now, but I'm hoping I can turn it around,"
Andy Murray concluded.
Just In
Popular News
Latest Comments
- Why does Tennisuptodate feel like her PR Department's constant deluge of daily/weekly media submissions are 'tennis news' ?
mandoist19-11-2024 - 'Apologies', in cases like this where people are caught being their True Selves, are best shoved up their butts.mandoist19-11-2024
- Paolini playing Swiatek and then has to come back an hour later to play doubles. The BJ Cup is like the rest of tennis entrepreneurs.PalopoDave18-11-2024
- Nice amount
AceOfBase18-11-2024 - Bitchy Jean King just said (in interview) "the WTA players should stop whining about the schedule and just Play". That's how she really feels about "my girls".mandoist16-11-2024
