Andy Murray teases retirement U-turn at French Open as Brit ‘really enjoying it’
Andy Murray has insisted he has yet to make a decision over his retirement this summer. “When the time is right, I will stop,” he said. The triple Grand Slam champion said in February that his career was coming to a close and he was “likely not going to play past this summer”.
But the former world No.1, now 37, then ruptured his ankle ligaments in March and has only played two events before facing Stan Wawrinka in the first round of the French Open today (Sunday).
During his rehab from injury, the Scot switched rackets from Head to Yonex – the first change of his pro career. It does not appear the action of a man about to hang up his racket for good.
But Murray, who could yet say his farewells at Wimbledon, said: “When the time is right, I will stop. I don’t know if I will play past the summer. The results I have been having are not what I would want. But the mentality around whether it’s with my racquets and rehab or whatever, it’s always to try to get better.
“Is there anything that you can do that might help and influence some results or not? I have to wait to see whether it’s a good decision for me or not. It’s something that I wanted to see whether it could make a difference.
“I know they are different things but you wouldn’t get a golfer using the same clubs that they came out with 25 years ago. A Formula One car is not going to be the same today as it was 25 years ago. For some reason tennis is a sport where players are always reluctant to change.
“I felt like now is the time to see whether it can make a difference. I felt like it was something I wanted to try. I don’t want to finish my career thinking: ‘Should I have given it a go to see whether or not that was something that could have potentially helped me?’
