Andy Murray has withdrawn from the Dubai Tennis Championships this week attributable to a recurring hip difficulty, match organisers stated on Monday.
The 35-year-old, a three-times Grand Slam champion, is not any stranger to hip issues and was on the verge of retirement in 2019 after having surgical procedure the earlier 12 months.
Nevertheless, he bought his profession again on observe after one other operation and stormed into his fourth ATP remaining since returning to the tour finally week’s Qatar Open the place he was overwhelmed by Daniil Medvedev.
“We remorse to tell you that Andy Murray is unable to take part on this 12 months’s match,” Dubai organisers stated in a publish on Twitter. “Andy has been coping with a recurring hip damage that has sadly compelled 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 among the points that I’ve bought, I do need to be conscious of these issues. I can’t simply preserve going till one thing occurs,” Murray stated.
“I must be a bit smarter with that.”
Murray’s pullout from Dubai comes a day after fellow Briton Emma Raducanu, the 2021 U.S. Open champion, withdrew from the Austin Open in Texas attributable to tonsillitis.
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