Murray to make Wimbledon decision 'as late as possible'

Andy Murray remains hopeful of making a farewell quality astatine Wimbledon adjacent week - but he will time off it "as precocious arsenic possible" to make a decision.

The 37-year-old Briton had a process connected a backmost rumor astatine nan play but returned to training earlier this week.

Former world number 1 Murray, who won 2 of his 3 Grand Slam titles astatine Wimbledon, plans to discontinue later this year.

The Championships commencement astatine nan All England Club connected Monday.

"I'm going to hold until nan past infinitesimal to spot if I'm going to beryllium capable to play and I've earned that correct to do that," said Murray, who ended Britain's 77-year hold for a men's singles champion successful 2013 and won again successful 2016.

"This is not clear-cut wherever I americium 100% going to beryllium fresh to play aliases location is simply a 0% chance that I tin play. That is nan situation.

"I would opportunity it's astir apt much apt that I'm not capable to play singles correct now."

Before his backmost problem flared up astatine Queen's past week, nan Scot had intended to play successful nan singles and doubles - alongside his relative Jamie - astatine Wimbledon.

Murray's sanction still remains successful nan cookware for nan men's singles draw, which will beryllium made connected Friday astatine 10:00 BST.

"Maybe it's my ego getting successful nan measurement but I consciousness that I merit nan opportunity to springiness it until nan very past infinitesimal to make that decision," said Murray.

"It's complicated, and it's made much analyzable because I want to play astatine Wimbledon 1 much time.

"I want to person that opportunity to play nan tournament."

Having returned aft hep room successful 2019, and battled done various injuries since, Murray’s illustrious profession is yet coming towards nan end.

Murray, who is besides a two-time Olympic champion, said earlier this period that retiring astatine Wimbledon aliases nan Olympics would beryllium "fitting", fixed his occurrence successful some events.

But needing room for a cyst connected his spinal cord, which he underwent connected Saturday, has thrown those plans into disarray.

The cognition came 3 days aft he was forced to extremity aft 5 games of his second-round lucifer astatine Queen's.

Before stepping retired to play Australia's Jordan Thompson, Murray suffered "nerve-type discomfort" and said it caused a "loss of strength, coordination and control" successful his correct leg.

"The past week has been beautiful tough," Murray said.

"I was told I had to person nan room instantly by aggregate surgeons because of nan quality of nan problem.

"I was fixed aggregate different timelines for really agelong [recovery] would return and was besides made alert that if I decided to effort to play Wimbledon that there's immoderate consequence associated pinch that.

"It's whether aliases not I'm consenting to return connected that risk. But besides moreover pinch location perchance being a risk, I've evidently had nan cognition and nan cognition has gone really, really well."

After winning Olympic golden astatine London 2012 and Rio 2016, Murray is hoping to compete astatine a 5th Games erstwhile nan tennis arena starts successful Paris connected 27 July.

If he is capable to play astatine Wimbledon and nan Olympics, he says that is "most apt to beryllium it" earlier retiring.

"I've had nan speech pinch my family and I person a family vacation booked nan week aft nan Olympics. I'm not readying connected going complete to New York [for nan US Open]," he said.

"But past I besides don't want nan past clip that I played connected a tennis tribunal to beryllium what happened astatine Queen's either.

"Because of what I put into nan athletics complete nan past nevertheless galore years, I would astatine slightest for illustration to spell retired playing a due lucifer wherever I'm astatine slightest competitive, not what happened astatine Queen's."