"Will take a little while to get over": Murray not ruling out Tsitsipas loss being final Wimbledon appearance

Former world number one Britain's Andy Murray has expressed disappointment after the second-round exit at Wimbledon.

The 36-year-old suffered a heartbreaking defeat in a thrilling five-setter against Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in the round of 64 with a score of 7-6, 6-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 on Friday.

Describing his feeling after the match, the three-time Grand Slam winner stated that he is ‘very disappointed’.

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"I'm obviously very disappointed just now,” said Murray. Yeah, obviously you never know how many opportunities you're going to get to play here. Yeah, the defeats maybe, yeah, feel a bit tougher. But, to be honest, every year that Wimbledon's not gone how I would like, it's been hard.”

Murray’s future has been under the focus for a long time as he has struggled with injuries over the recent past.

Talking about that, the Glasgow-born stated that he has no plans to ‘stop right now’ but admitted that he no idea about whether he will take the field at Wimbledon next year.

"I don't know [if I will come back to Wimbledon],” he said. “Yeah, motivation is obviously a big thing. Continuing having early losses in tournaments like this don't necessarily help with that. Yeah, it's similar to I guess last year.

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“I had a long think about things, spoke to my family, decided to keep on going. I don't plan to stop right now. But, yeah, this one will take a little while to get over. Hopefully find the motivation again to keep training, keep pushing, try and keep getting better.”

Murray has not won a major title since 2016 and has not reached the stage of quarterfinals or semifinals since 2017.

Since then, the 2013 and 2016 Wimbledon champion has participated in 11 Grand Slam events where he suffered three first-round, five second-round and three third-round exits.

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