Andy Murray was due to face Tennys Sandgren of the USA in the first round. (Source: File)
Andy Murray has withdrawn from the US Open two days before the start of the tournament due to a hip injury on Saturday. The 2012 US Open champion has been out of action since Wimbledon. Murray was hampered by the injury since his loss to United States’ Sam Querrey in the quarter-finals. Murray is the latest in a list on four top-10 players to pull out of the final Grand Slam of the year as he joins Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic on the sidelines.
The 30-year old confirmed his withdrawal and said “It’s too sore for me to win the tournament and ultimately that’s what I was here to try and do. I’ll definitely make a decision on the rest of the year in the next few days,” said Murray.
Murray was due to face Tennys Sandgren of the USA in the first round.
He remained tight lipped on the status of the remainder of the season – with Djokovic and Wawrinka already out. “I’ll definitely make a decision on that in the next few days. That’s something that I’ll sit down and decide with my team. But I’ll decide on that in the next couple of days, for sure.”
He withdrew from the Rogers Cup in Montreal in the hope of giving his injury more time ahead of the US Open but two weeks of practice hasn’t proved to be enough.
“I want to be back on court as soon as I can. If it means that … I can play before the end of the year, then that’s what I would love to do. I miss competing, and I’ll try to get myself back on court as soon as I can. But obviously I’ll need to make the correct decision and really think it through these next couple of days with my team, and then make that decision.”
