Andy Murray hits back at BBC Sport and admits he is in a 'terrible moment' in worrying tweet | AMX5ZXM | 2024-02-01 09:27:40
But the battling Brit and three-time Grand Slam champ did admit he's in a "terrible second".
DEFIANT Andy Murray hit again at a BBC Sport article suggesting it was time to give up tennis.
But the battling Brit and three-time Grand Slam champ did admit he's in a "terrible second".
Murray, enjoying with a metal hip since major resurfacing surgery in 2019, has misplaced his last five matches courting again to October – with just one win in ten.
That includes his disappointing first-round exit to Tomas Martin Etcheverry at the Australian Open.
And he then suffered one other painful defeat on Monday when he crashed out in Montpellier against Benoit Paire who had not gained an ATP Tour match for 18 months.
That prompted an article on the BBC Sport website which implied Murray can be better off retiring and spending time together with his wife Kim and their four kids – relatively than continuing to travel the world given his current poor outcomes.
However the Dunblane ace was furious with the suggestion that carrying on was doing more harm than good and reiterated that he is nonetheless giving it his all on the courtroom.
World No49 Murray tweeted: "Tarnishing my legacy? Do me a favour.
"I'm in a horrible second proper now I'll offer you that.
"Most individuals would give up and quit in my state of affairs proper now.
"However I'm not most people and my mind works in another way.
"I gained't give up.
"I will hold preventing and dealing to supply the performances I do know I'm capable of."
</div> Andy Roddick was among the many within the tennis group to throw his help behind Murray, who has two Wimbledon titles, 733 profession wins, was world No1 and earned more than £50million in prize money.
Roddick, who like Murray was world No1 and gained the US Open, replied: "Preach!
"Imagine telling an completed iconic grownup your opinion on what they need to choose for work and when they need to do it….
"This is such a dumb, thirsty article. Can't take a legacy away. Accomplishment lives ceaselessly."
After kickstarting 2024 with three straight defeats – in Brisbane, Melbourne and Montpellier – Murray has entered the events in Marseille, Doha and Dubai.
But he has already hinted this might be his ultimate season on tour and he might never play at the Australian Open again after confessing he is "not really enjoying tennis" at the finish of 2023.
Speaking at Melbourne Park where he's a five-time finalist, Murray stated: "It's a definite risk that will be the last time I play right here.
"Compared to the matches that I performed right here final yr, it's the complete opposite feeling strolling off the courtroom."
As for a retirement date, he continued: "I have an concept of once I would in all probability like to finish, a lot of that depends upon how you're enjoying.
"The time-frame for that narrows whenever you play and have outcomes like at this time."
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