Murray to undergo back procedure before Wimbledon

Andy Murray will acquisition a process connected his backmost aft he was forced to discontinue from his second-round lucifer astatine Queen's pinch injury.

Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray, 37, decided he could not proceed erstwhile trailing Australia's Jordan Thompson 4-1 successful nan first group connected Wednesday.

The two-time Olympic golden medallist is group to discontinue later this twelvemonth and this week said ending his profession astatine either Wimbledon aliases Paris 2024 would beryllium "fitting".

Murray is group to acquisition a process connected Saturday - 9 days earlier nan commencement of Wimbledon, wherever he is simply a two-time champion, connected 1 July.

The erstwhile world number 1 remained hopeful connected Wednesday that nan backmost rumor which ended his Queen's farewell would not contradict him a last quality astatine Wimbledon.

Speaking connected BBC Two connected Friday, Jamie Murray said of his brother's situation: “He saw a master yesterday evening and he’s fundamentally trying to determine what his adjacent move is.

"I don’t deliberation it’s correct for maine to spell into that personally, that’s up to him, but I deliberation he has sewage a fewer decisions to make.

"It’s evidently incredibly disappointing for him that this was perchance going to beryllium his past Queen’s, past Wimbledon and Olympics, and there’s a imaginable that that mightiness not beryllium capable to happen.

"I deliberation he’s sewage to make a fewer decisions, and spot wherever he goes from there.”

Murray, who underwent a hep resurfacing cognition successful 2019, ruptured ankle ligaments astatine nan Miami Open successful March earlier his ongoing backmost problem was exacerbated by playing connected clay.

He won his first-round lucifer astatine Queen's against Australia's Alexei Popyrin - nan world number 48 - successful 3 sets connected Tuesday, but struggled from nan commencement arsenic he attempted to play done discomfort against Thompson a time later.

Murray is now successful a title against clip to beryllium fresh for Wimbledon, pinch nan tennis astatine nan Olympics besides opening adjacent month, connected 27 July.

Fellow Briton Dan Evans has had a scan aft he had to discontinue pinch a knee wounded pursuing a autumn during his Queen's opener against American Brandon Nakashima.