After winning his anniversary match, tennis veteran Andy Murray suffers a painful disappointment in London
Tennis pro Andy Murray has retired injured one day after winning his 1000th singles match on the ATP Tour at the grass tournament at London’s Queen’s Club. The 37-year-old Scot was unable to continue after just a few games against Australian Jordan Thompson. The reason for this was apparently back problems.
At 1:4, Murray gave up the match and left the court to the applause of the crowd. The five-time winner of the tournament had already received treatment after the first change of ends.
The former world number one had won his anniversary match against Australian Alexei Popyrin in three sets on Tuesday at the traditional preparatory event for the grass court classic in Wimbledon and celebrated his 739th victory on the ATP Tour. Afterwards, he joked that his body had felt better in the past.
Murray, who has been playing with an artificial hip for years, has announced that he will end his career this year. However, the two-time singles gold medal winner still wants to compete at the Olympics in Paris.