Britain’s Andy Murray reacts throughout his males’s doubles match with companion Holger Rune of Denmark in opposition to Russian duo Aslan Karatsev and Roman Safiullin on the Brisbane International tennis event in Brisbane on December 31, 2023.
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Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray stated 2024 could be his last 12 months earlier than retirement after sickness and harm hampered his preparation for the brand new season.
Murray’s 12 months will start on the Brisbane International as he builds up for the Australian Open later in January.
The 36-year-old is ranked forty second on this planet after a irritating finish to 2023, when he gained only one match in his last 4 tournaments.
Murray has beforehand battled again from what appeared impending retirement after present process hip surgical procedure in 2018.
But he conceded that he’ll deliver down the curtain on his profession if the subsequent 12 months observe the identical sample as 2023.
“If I was in a situation like I was at the end of last year, then I probably wouldn’t go again,” Murray informed the BBC.
“But then if physically I’m doing well and my results are good and I’m playing well, then that’s enjoyable and I could see myself still playing.
“We’ll see how the 12 months goes, see how the physique holds up. If issues are going effectively, I’d like to maintain going. But if they are not, and I’m not having fun with it, it could be the last 12 months, sure.”
Murray, who won Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016 and also took the US Open title in 2012, is part of a golden generation coming towards the end of trophy-laden careers.
Roger Federer retired in 2022 and Rafael Nadal had an injury-blighted 2023, although the Spaniard has suggested he might try to play on beyond 2024.
At 36 Novak Djokovic is still hoping to add to his record 24 Grand Slam titles before hanging up his racket.
Murray revealed the psychological struggle with falling down the rankings after so many years at the top was taking its toll.
“When you’ve got performed proper on the highest degree, it isn’t that straightforward when you find yourself going by durations the place you’re dropping in first rounds, and possibly dropping matches that you simply in all probability ought to have gained,” he added.
“At the identical time, a few years in the past if somebody had provided me that I’d been taking part in at top-40 degree on this planet after I had been battling my hip, I might have been pleased with that.
“But it is hard, mentally, so I need to do a better job of putting things in perspective this year and be a little bit easier on myself.”
Murray faces second seed Grigor Dimitrov within the first spherical in Brisbane on Monday.
