Andy Murray has withdrawn from the Wimbledon singles tournament on his final appearance at the Championships, having failed to recover sufficiently from surgery on a spinal cyst just over a week ago.
Murray, 37, issued a statement through his camp on Tuesday morning: “Unfortunately, despite working incredibly hard on his recovery since his operation just over a week ago, Andy has taken the very difficult decision not to play the singles this year.
“As you can imagine, he is extremely disappointed but has confirmed that he will be playing in the doubles with Jamie and looks forward to competing at Wimbledon for the last time.”
Murray had been scheduled to face rising Czech star Tomas Machac on Centre Court in the last slot of the day, but practice throughout the week has not seen him arrive at the level that he feels is sufficient to be competitive, which means as much to him, if not more, than just playing.
Murray, who is a two-time champion at Wimbledon having won in 2013 and 2016, played his last singles match at the Championships in 2023, when he lost to Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in five sets over two days on Centre Court.
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