Andy Murray has disappointing news for his fans. Last Sunday, this Scottish ATP Pro seems to have played his last match at this Miami Open tournament. Despite his dedication and passion for the sport in this tournament which called his “tennis home”, he lost the match against Tomas Machac in the deciding set tiebreak of the match. Not only did he lose the match but also he suffered some serious physical injuries.

Murray previously declared that he wouldn’t be playing past the Olympics this year. He has always been very enthusiastic about the event. Now his exit from the Miami Open has concerned fans about whether he is going to take a long break like Rafael Nadal. Nevertheless, fans were heartbroken seeing this two-time Miami Open champion ending this tournament on a sad note.

Andy Murray announces long break from tennis due to injury and hopes to return when the “time is right”

This Scottish Grand Slam winner has recently dropped a cryptic post on his official Instagram profile – “Yesterday towards the end of my match in Miami I suffered a full rupture of my ATFL and near full thickness rupture of my CFL. I will see an ankle specialist when I return home to determine next steps. Goes without saying this is a tough one to take and I’ll be out for an extended period. But I’ll be back with 1 hip and no ankle ligaments when the time is right.”

This ATP pro has already hinted to fans about his retirement from professional tennis. In fact, Mats Wilander believed that the Paris Olympics would have been an ideal retirement place for Murray since he has a record of winning two Olympic medals.

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While asked about his retirement plans, Murray told in a press conference- “I get asked about it after every single match that I play, every single tournament that I play, I’m bored of the question, to be honest. I’m not going to talk more about that between now and whenever the time comes for me to stop. But I don’t plan on playing much past this summer.”

This Scottish tennis legend had his eye on the Paris Olympics as he commented- “Hopefully I can get the chance to compete at another one,” However, following the news of his injury, fans are concerned that he might not be able to retire at the Olympics.

How was Andy Murray’s last match at the Miami Open 2024 tournament?

Opponent Tomas Machac defeated Murray by 5-7, 7-5, and 7-6 (7/5) in the three-hour and twenty-eight-minute match. Murray seemed disappointed by this loss as he commented– “Obviously a disappointing finish for me but brilliant crowd, brilliant atmosphere, very tight match, I was obviously a couple of points away from finishing it and to be fair to him he came out with some big shots, played high risk tennis and that paid off for him today, It’s been pretty positive, there were some good signs in my game, definitely an improvement on the last few tournaments, not perfect but considering everything to be winning matches against the players I did and pushing Thomas like I did today, I’m proud of myself because it’s extremely difficult to do what I’m doing with the issue that I have.”

Despite everything, Andy Murray’s post saddened his fans as they feared of not seeing this tennis legend on the court for long. However, Fans wish him a speedy recovery so that he can entertain fans again with his tennis brilliance.

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