https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/46833018
Britain's Andy Murray says he plans to retire after this year's Wimbledon but fears next week's Australian Open could be the final tournament of his career.
The three-time Grand Slam winner, who is struggling to recover from hip surgery, was in tears at a news conference in Melbourne on Friday.
"I'm not sure I'm able to play through the pain for another four or five months," said the 31-year-old Scot.
"I want to get to Wimbledon and stop but I'm not certain I can do that."
However, Murray says he still intends to play his Australian Open first-round match against Spanish 22nd seed Roberto Bautista Agut next week.
Honestly, in spite of his injury worries, I'm surprised by this. I know things look bleak now, but DelPo and others have come back from major injuries which look just as bad, so this seems premature (but, maybe he knows something we don't?)
Anyway, he can be very proud of his career: winning three Grand Slams is no easy feat in the era of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. Good luck to him whatever he does next!
Britain's Andy Murray says he plans to retire after this year's Wimbledon but fears next week's Australian Open could be the final tournament of his career.
The three-time Grand Slam winner, who is struggling to recover from hip surgery, was in tears at a news conference in Melbourne on Friday.
"I'm not sure I'm able to play through the pain for another four or five months," said the 31-year-old Scot.
"I want to get to Wimbledon and stop but I'm not certain I can do that."
However, Murray says he still intends to play his Australian Open first-round match against Spanish 22nd seed Roberto Bautista Agut next week.
Honestly, in spite of his injury worries, I'm surprised by this. I know things look bleak now, but DelPo and others have come back from major injuries which look just as bad, so this seems premature (but, maybe he knows something we don't?)
Anyway, he can be very proud of his career: winning three Grand Slams is no easy feat in the era of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. Good luck to him whatever he does next!
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