Murray out of Wimbledon

[Chris]

Great Britain's Andy Murray has pulled out of Wimbledon after failing to recover from a wrist injury.
Murray had left his decision to the last minute in order to give himself the best possible chance of playing.

But after an indoor session at Roehampton on Sunday the 20-year-old said he feared he would do further damage to his wrist if he played.

"The doctor has advised me not to play and that I probably need about 10 days to be ready," said Murray.

"Unfortunately, I don't think it is going to rain for the next 10 days.

"I have done everything possible to get ready for Wimbledon. I have played practice sets the last few days but still cannot hit a topspin forehand properly.

"It has been six weeks of really hard work but I'm not 100% ready."

Murray injured the wrist playing a routine forehand in an event in Hamburg in the middle of May.

It was soon apparent that he would not be fit for the French Open but he retained hopes of being fit for Wimbledon.

His wrist still had not healed in time for him to play in any of the traditional Wimbledon warm-up events but he remained optimistic of being fit right up until Sunday when he announced his withdrawal

"The wrist is a very important part of tennis and there are a number of players who have made the decision to come back too soon and ended up with long-term injuries," added Murray.

"I do not want to take the risk and make the same mistake.

"I love playing Wimbledon because of the great support I get from the British public and that is what I will miss the most."


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[Scott]

I'm not a massive tennis fan, but Wimbledon is certainly something I watch pretty avidly whilst waiting for the season to kick off. What an arse we dont have anyone to cheer on.

Gonna be behind Rodick this year then.

[kokka78]

My fav tennis player will probably go out at the first round so i dnt really care if Federer wins or not but not being able to see Murray play at Wimbledon it a shame!

[Imy]

its a shame cos wen he plays ders great excitement an stuff, and that generates a tremendous amount of interest!, hope he gets fit soon! henman aint gonna do nuffin dis yr so it looks like its 5 in a row for the fed expresss!

[Bestie]

That's it, Britain are screwed, we are never going to win Wimbledon again.

[missunited]

Great player, but he really is a little twit. I'm not a great tennis fan, but still want britain to do well.. sadly it all tends to go wrong one way or another.

[Chris]

Its a bit gutting that our future tennis hopes lie with this dick. I really don't like the guy. Don't get me wrong, I hope he has a great career, but what a muppet.

[missunited]

manutd99 said:

Its a bit gutting that our future tennis hopes lie with this dick. I really don't like the guy. Don't get me wrong, I hope he has a great career, but what a muppet.

Well I guess the "good guys finish last" thing is true! He should be careful though, getting too arrogant and he might end up ruining his own career. *cough*richardson*cough*

[kokka78]

Andy Murray returned to action following injury in superb style with a straight sets victory over Robby Ginepri in the first round of the Montreal Masters.

Murray has been on the sidelines since May when he picked up a wrist injury in Hamburg, which forced him out of both the French Open and Wimbledon.

The 20-year-old Scot was determined not to miss the US Open and was keen to return to action in Montreal after his lengthy lay-off.

Although Murray has been out for so long, he was still far too strong for his American opponent Ginepri as he moved into the second round with a 6-4 6-4 success.

The wrist injury did not seem to bother Murray as he broke Ginepri's serve in the very first game of the match.

Although Ginepri later broke back before going 3-2 ahead, Murray broke again and held his serve to take the opening set 6-4.

Ginepri showed he could be dangerous by opening up a 3-0 lead in the second set, but the Scot fought back and played some powerful tennis to level at 3-3.

The American was soon serving to stay in the match at 5-3, and although he held Murray made no mistake with an ace in the next game sealing the match.

"I didn't have any pain but it's such a bad injury and such a tough place that it takes time to build on confidence and the strength," Murray told Sky Sports after the match.

"It's just the forehand I've been having to hold a little back on but hopefully that will get better with each match.

"It was good. I missed being on the match court, in practice you can't give 100%. I'm pretty happy with the way it went, I served really well.

"I felt really relaxed, I didn't feel like any pressure was on me. I was just looking forward to going out and putting it in a match.

"I feel I volley so much better now than before I got injured because I've

done so much of it in practice."


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