Murray questions the future of tennis after Wimbledon’s exit

Andy Murray was left to question his future after tennis after suffering a third-round exit to the tennis court Denis Shapovalov In Wimbledon.

The loss to the straight series was Murray’s worst championship as he lost 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to 10th place on Friday. The two-time Wimbledon champion had already fought his first two rounds Nikoloz Basilashvili pushing him into four rounds and two rounds against his match Oscar Otte Wednesday concluding the Fifth Series.

It was only Murray’s 11th match this year because he had passed the Australian open test with a positive COVID-19 test before groin problems. This was his first entry into the men’s singles in Wimbledon since 2017 after suffering from long-term hip problems that required hip resurfacing in 2019.

After the defeat for Shapovalov, three-time Grand Slam champion Murray, 34, was left wondering if all his efforts before Wimbledon were enough to return to the level he wanted.

“It was great to play in front of the crowds again … [it’s] something I’ve been missing, “Murray said.” Yeah, it kind of reminds you too, why you do all the work and everything. But then, yes, on the flip side, the positive part is going through the matches and you know the physical condition is okay and not the injury.

“You know, it’s good, but then there’s the part of me that feels a bit like I’ve done so much work over the last three months and didn’t end up playing what I wanted and expect, and it’s like it’s worth it?

“Is all this training and everything you do at the gym unless you can enjoy training, improve your game, and get into tournaments, like, is all the work you do worth it?”

Murray said there is a part of him who feels it is worth it because of “the memories and stuff about this event and the great atmosphere of the game.”

He added: “But then I also ended up in a match today and I tell my team that I’m just not happy with my play.

“So unless my team and I can find a way to keep me on the field for a continuous period of time and let me practice the way I have to compete with these guys, then, yeah, then we’ll have discussions about what I’m going to do next, because I’ve really invested a lot to get to this point, but I can’t practice and prepare for how I have to perform, how I would like in these events.

“I don’t wait and say I could beat Denis Shapovalov. He’s a great player. But I feel like I can do a lot better than what I did tonight.”

Murray is now beginning to prepare for the defense of the Olympic crown in Tokyo 2020, which begins on July 23rd.

“Consistency is something that has been everywhere and it’s something we need to change over the next couple of months,” he added.