Last Updated: March 26, 2024, 11:22 IST
Andy Murray, of Great Britain, reacts as he loses a degree to Tomas Machac, of Czech Republic, of their males’s third spherical match on the Miami Open tennis event, Sunday, March 24, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Andy Murray hopped off court docket in agony late in his defeat after a 3rd-set tie-breaker to Czech Tomas Machac.
Britain’s Andy Murray faces an “extended period” out of tennis after struggling severe ankle accidents in his third-spherical exit from the Miami Open on Sunday.
Murray hopped off court docket in agony late in his defeat after a 3rd-set tie-breaker to Czech Tomas Machac.
While he continued play and was initially optimistic about his ankle he mentioned on Monday that he had suffered a full rupture of his anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) and close to full-thickness rupture of his calcaneofibular ligament (CFL).
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“I will see an ankle specialist when I return home to determine next steps,” Murray posted on Instagram.
“Goes without saying this is a tough one to take and I’ll be out for an extended period. But I’ll be back with 1 hip and no ankle ligaments when the time is right,” he mentioned.
Murray, who shall be 37 in May, has already indicated he’ll retire later this yr after battling again from hip surgical procedure in 2019.
He is prone to play on the Olympics in Paris and Wimbledon, the place he has received twice, earlier than departing from the game.
The Scotsman is presently 62nd on this planet rankings.
