If Andy Murray plays Wimbledon this year, I need everyone to give him a heroes welcome and a heroes goodbye. The Scotsman who won over the English with tennis beyond compare. Never again will we see his like and my god, we'll miss him.
"Time is not on his side, it doesn't look good": Andy MURRAY seen as unlikely to return by Martina NAVRATILOVA
ATPThursday, 28 March 2024 at 13:00
Andy Murray's race against time begins in order to be ready for a likely Wimbledon farewell, but Martina Navratilova doesn't see it happening in the latest damning verdict for the former World No.1.
Murray suffered an ankle ligament tear during his loss to Tomas Machac at the Miami Open this past week in the latest piece of bad luck after he had been playing some of his greatest tennis in a long-time and was on the verge of three wins in a row for the first time since 2020. But after losing, disaster struck.
Murray is seeing a specialist this week about the issue and vowed to be back but Navratilova doesn't see it as being that simple. "Time is not on Murray's side, it doesn't look good," said Martina Navratilova on Sky Sports Tennis. "I've sprained my ankle badly but I've never ripped a ligament. It's going to take a while.
"I don't know how you can recover well enough to feel stable and not hurt other body parts and to get back into this kind of playing shape. It's tragic and he's been through so much. I'm wishing him the best but it's not looking good."
"We are just starting to see his tennis fire up. He had beaten Matteo Berrettini and Tomas Etcheverry, who he had lost to earlier this year, and the tennis was starting to look really formidable before being beaten by Machac. But this is a really painful situation for him," said Annabel Croft in response on Sky Sports.
"He's alluded to the fact that he may not play beyond the summer so I would imagine he would have worked out in his head when he would maybe like to finish his career, but it's not going to be potentially on his terms.
"He doesn't deserve it for everything that he's gone through and everything that he's put himself through to keep playing, try to entertain and squeeze the last ounce out of his tennis career."
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