IMAGE: Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray has been affected by hip points. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters
Andy Murray has withdrawn from the Dubai Tennis Championships this week resulting from a recurring hip difficulty, event organisers stated on Monday.
The 35-year-old, a three-times Grand Slam champion, isn’t any stranger to hip issues and was on the verge of retirement in 2019 after having surgical procedure the earlier yr.
However, he bought his profession again on monitor after one other operation and stormed into his fourth ATP closing since returning to the tour finally week’s Qatar Open the place he was crushed by Daniil Medvedev.
“We remorse to tell you that Andy Murray is unable to take part on this yr’s event,” Dubai organisers stated in a submit on Twitter. “Andy has been dealing with a recurring hip injury that has sadly pressured him out of Dubai.”
Murray stated after his defeat by Medvedev that he must handle his physique higher, particularly after bodily demanding matches.
“At my age and with a few of the points that I’ve bought, I do should be conscious of these issues. I can not simply maintain going till one thing occurs,” Murray stated.
“I have to be a bit smarter with that.”
Murray’s pull-out from Dubai comes a day after fellow Briton Emma Raducanu, the 2021 US Open champion, withdrew from the Austin Open in Texas resulting from tonsillitis.
