By G9ija
Andy Murray has announced he is retiring from tennis after Wimbledon, due to an hip injury that has affected him since 2017. The 31-year-old made this known during an emotional press conference where he made it known that he still plans to take on the Australian Open but could walk away from tennis this month if his condition doesn’t improve.
He started crying after telling everyone he wasn’t feeling great. He had to leave the room for several minutes so that he could calm down. Obviously I have been struggling a long time and I have been in pain for about twenty months now.
I’ve pretty much done everything that I could to try and get my hip feeling better and it hasn’t helped loads. I’m in a better place than I was six months ago but still in a lot of pain. It’s been tough. I’ve tried pretty much everything I could do but it hasn’t worked
I’m going to play here. I can still play to a certain level, not a level I’m happy playing at. It’s not just that. The pain is too much really, I don’t want to continue playing that way. .
In the middle of December I spoke to my team and told them I can’t keep doing this. I thought I needed to have an end point, because I was playing with no idea of when the pain was going to stop.
“I said to them maybe I could get through this until Wimbledon, that is where I would like to stop playing but I am also not certain I am able to do that.” He said he’s in so much pain that he’s not enjoying the sport he loves. But not only is he afflicted with physical pain, but also the mental drain that comes with it. He added:
“Everyone I bump into that’s all they want to talk about [his health], it’s pretty draining. I have spoken to psychologists about it. It’s not fun or enjoyable.”
Murray won two Wimbledon, a US Open title and two Olympic gold medals.