MURR TO COME Andy Murray’s Wimbledon swansong dream back on as Brit tennis legend learns full extent of horror injury
ANDY MURRAY will not need surgery on his left ankle as he steps up his tennis return.
Last month, the Scotsman severely damaged two ankle ligaments in his exit from the third round of the Miami Open.
Muzza, 36, ruptured his ATFL (anterior talofibular ligament) and CFL (calcaneofibular ligament) in the closing games of his defeat in Florida to Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic.
The good news from his camp is that he does NOT need an operation, which would have likely ruled him out of the Wimbledon Championships in July.
It is understood his rehab is going well and he hopes to start hitting again on court soon.
There is no official date yet for a return to competition but the French Open, which starts on May 26, might come too soon.
The former world No1 wants to appear at a 16th and final Wimbledon this summer.
The three-time Grand Slam champion plans to hang up his racquet at the end of the summer but no official end-date has been pinpointed.
He will hope he will have a ranking sufficiently high enough come June to secure himself a spot for Team GB at Paris Olympics – his fourth Olympic Games.
Meanwhile, Emma Raducanu has “stress-tested” her body on clay as she looks to squeeze into the Paris Olympics.
